Psalm 40:14

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Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Let me not be ashamed, LORD, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in the next life.

Let those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced; let those who plot evil against me be driven back and confounded.

May those who seek to kill me be publicly humiliated. May those who take pleasure in my harm be turned back in humiliation.

Let my adversaries be ashamed and consumed; let those who seek my destruction be covered with scorn and disgrace.

"Look! All who are enraged at you will be put to shame and disgraced; those who contend with you will all die.

One will say of me, "Only in the LORD are victories and might.' All who raged against him will come to him and will be put to shame.

But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish before you.

When Jesus told them, "I AM," they backed away and fell to the ground.

He dropped to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me?"

Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Let them be humiliated and terrified permanently until they die in shame.