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 Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

In God we do mightily, And He treadeth down our adversaries!

See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

Against a profane nation I send him, And concerning a people of My wrath I charge him, To spoil spoil, and to seize prey, And to make it a treading-place as the clay of out places.

-- 'A wine-press I have trodden by myself, And of the peoples there is no one with me, And I tread them in mine anger, And I trample them in my fury, Sprinkled is their strength on my garments, And all my clothing I have polluted.

And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of out-places in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah is with them, And have put to shame riders of horses.

And ye have trodden down the wicked, For they are ashes under the soles of your feet, In the day that I am appointing, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

Lay

And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.

Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.

The hope of Israel is Jehovah, All forsaking Thee are ashamed, And 'My apostates' in the earth are written, For they have forsaken Jehovah, A fountain of living waters.

General references

Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,