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Psalms 71:13

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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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  1. Jeremiah 20:11Rank 1 from verse 13
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    11But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

  2. Psalms 71:24Rank 2 from verse 13
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    24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

  3. Psalms 109:29Rank 3 from verse 13
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    29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

  4. Psalms 35:26Rank 4 from verse 13
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    26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

  5. Psalms 35:4Rank 5 from verse 13
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    4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

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Psalms 71:13

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

confounded

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of confound. Sense 1: To confuse or disorder so that understanding fails. Sense 2: To put to shame, dismay, or frustrate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

consumed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of consume. Sense 1: To destroy, use up, or bring to an end. Sense 2: To waste away or be exhausted.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

covered

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Had a covering placed or spread over; hidden, concealed, enclosed, overlaid, clothed, sheltered, or occupied over the surface or extent of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

reproach

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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

dishonour

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1. Shame, disgrace, reproach, or lack of honour. 2. To treat shamefully or without honour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hurt

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Sense 1: Harm, injury, damage, or loss. Sense 2: To harm, damage, or injure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

13Let 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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14But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

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