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Psalms 71:13

Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

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יֵבֹ֣שׁוּyevoshvbe confoundedבּוּשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be confounded”, an unfinished actionH954properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.יִכְלוּ֮yikhlvceaseכָּלָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “cease”, an unfinished actionH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…שֹׂטְנֵ֪יsoteneadversaryשָׂטַןverb, qal, participle, construct — “adversary”, a verb used as a describing wordH7853to attack, (figuratively) accuse(be an) adversary, resist.נַ֫פְשִׁ֥יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…יַֽעֲט֣וּyaatvcoverעָטָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “cover”, an unfinished actionH5844to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, cloth, or rollarray self, be clad, (put a) cover (-ing, self), fill, put on, [idiom] surely, turn aside.חֶ֭רְפָּהcherpahrebukeחֶרְפָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “rebuke”, the ordinary formH2781contumely, disgrace, the pudendarebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.וּכְלִמָּ֑הukhelimahand confusionכְּלִמָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and confusion”, the ordinary formH3639disgraceconfusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.מְ֝בַקְשֵׁ֗יmevaqshebeseechבָּקַשׁverb, piel, participle, construct — “beseech”, a verb used as a describing wordH1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive afterask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).רָעָתִֽיraatibadרַעnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bad”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let them be ashamed and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and confusion that seek my hurt.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let them be put to shame and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

Young’s Literal Translation

They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered [with] reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,

World English Bible

Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

Darby Translation

Let them be ashamed, let them be consumed, that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Douay-Rheims

He shall spare the poor and needy: and he shall save the souls of the poor.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let them be ashamed and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and confusion that seek my hurt.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let those that plot against my soul be ashamed and utterly fail: let those that seek my hurt be clothed with shame and dishonour.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ὁ Θεός μου εἰς τὴν βοήθειάν μου πρόσχες. Αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἐκλιπέτωσαν οἱ ἐνδιαβάλλοντες τὴν ψυχήν μου, περιβαλλέσθωσαν αἰσχύνην καὶ ἐντροπὴν οἱ ζητοῦντες τὰ κακά μοι.