Psalms 6:10

10 Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.

Psalms 6:10 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 6:10

Let all mine enemies be ashamed
Or "they shall be ashamed" F11; and so the following clauses may be rendered, and be considered as prophecies of what would be; though if this be considered as an imprecation, it is wishing no ill; wicked men are not ashamed of their abominations committed by them, neither can they blush; it would be well if they were ashamed of them, and brought to true repentance for them; and if they are not ashamed now, they will be hereafter, when the Judge of quick and dead appears;

and sore vexed;
or "troubled" F12; as his bones had been vexed, and his soul had been sore vexed by them; as he knew they would be through disappointment at his recovery, and at his deliverance from the distresses and calamities he was now in, when he should sing for joy of heart, and they should howl for vexation of spirit;

let them return;
meaning either from him, from pursuing after him; or to him, to seek his favour, and be reconciled to him, and be at peace with him, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi explain it; unless this word should only signify "again", as it sometimes does, and be read in connection with what follows;

[and] let them be again ashamed suddenly
F13; intimating that his deliverance would be sudden, in a moment, in a very little time, and so would be their disappointment, shame, and confusion. Jarchi, from R. Jonathan and R. Samuel bar Nachmani, refers this to the shame of the wicked in the world to come.


FOOTNOTES:

F11 (wvby) "pudore afficientur", Pagninus, Montanus; "pudefient", Coeceius, Schmidt; so Ainsworth.
F12 (wlhby) "conturbantur", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
F13 (wvwby wbvy) "iterum confundantur", Gejerus.

Psalms 6:10 In-Context

8 Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has given ear to the voice of my weeping.
9 The Lord has given ear to my request; the Lord has let my prayer come before him.
10 Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.
The Bible in Basic English is in the public domain.