Psalms 35:6

6 may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

Psalms 35:6 in Other Translations

6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them!

6 Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

6 Make their road lightless and mud-slick, with God's angel on their tails.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Psalms 35:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 35:6

Let their way be dark and slippery
In which they run before the angel, chasing and pursuing them; so that they know not where they are, at what they stumble, whither to flee, nor how to stand; the ways of wicked men are as darkness, they know not in what condition they are, and whither they are going; and utter darkness, even blackness of darkness, is reserved for them: but here it means a calamitous, uncomfortable, fickle, and unstable situation in this life; see ( Jeremiah 23:11 Jeremiah 23:12 ) . The allusion is to some of the valleys in the land of Palestine, which were dark, and the roads in them very smooth and slippery, as travellers in those parts have observed ^F17;

and let the angel of God persecute them; (See Gill on Psalms 35:5).

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 See Maundrell's Travel's, p. 7.

Psalms 35:6 In-Context

4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay.

5 May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away;

6 may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

7 Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,

8 may ruin overtake them by surprise— may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.