Psalm 7:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Tread

Malachi 4:3

Lay

General references

1 John 3:21

Bible References

Tread

By your power we will drive back our enemies; by your strength we will trample down our foes!

By God's power we will conquer; he will trample down our enemies.

Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!

I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.

"I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself; no one from the nations joined me. I stomped on them in my anger; I trampled them down in my rage. Their juice splashed on my garments, and stained all my clothes.

And they will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, for the Lord will be with them, and will defeat the enemy cavalry.

You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing," says the Lord who rules over all.

Lay

but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave.

You are the one in whom Israel may find hope. All who leave you will suffer shame. Those who turn away from you will be consigned to the nether world. For they have rejected you, the Lord, the fountain of life.

General references

Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,