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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
יבשו ויחפרו מבקשי נפשי יסגו אחור ויכלמו חפצי רעתי
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ybSHv vyKHprv mbqSHy npSHy ysgv AKHvr vyklmv KHpTSy r`ty

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
iustitia tua erue me et libera inclina ad me aurem tuam et salva me

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
New King James Version   
Let them be ashamed and confounded Who seek my life; Let them be turned back and confused Who desire my hurt.
21st Century King James Version   
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and put to confusion that desire my hurt.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Those who seek my soul shall be ashamed and put to shame and they who seek my harm shall turn their behind and shall be put to shame.
Darby Bible Translation   
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek my soul:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward and brought to dishonour that delight in my hurt.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!
God's Word   
Let those who seek my life be confused and put to shame. Let those who want my downfall be turned back and disgraced.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Let those who seek my life be disgraced and confounded; let those who wish me harm be driven back and humiliated.
International Standard Version   
May those who seek to kill me be publicly humiliated. May those who take pleasure in my harm be turned back in humiliation.
NET Bible   
May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!
New American Standard Bible   
Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt.
New International Version   
May those who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
New Living Translation   
May those who try to kill me be humiliated and put to shame. May those who take delight in my trouble be turned back in disgrace.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
The World English Bible   
Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Stop the people who want to kill me, so that they become ashamed and confused. Chase the people who want to hurt me, so that they run away in shame.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.
New Life Version   
Let those who want to kill me be ashamed and brought low. Let those who want to hurt me be turned away in shame.
The Voice Bible   
For those who seek to kill me, God, may they burn in disgrace and humiliation! Repulse the attacks; ridicule the efforts of those taking pleasure in my pain.
Living Bible   
They are after my life and delight in hurting me. Confuse them! Shame them! Stop them! Don’t let them keep on mocking me!
New Catholic Bible   
Make haste, O God, to rescue me; O Lord, come quickly to my aid.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in evil against me.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and put to confusion that desire my hurt.
Christian Standard Bible   
Let those who seek to kill me be disgraced and confounded; let those who wish me harm be turned back and humiliated.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek and demand my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion and dishonor who desire and delight in my hurt.
New Century Version   
Let those who are trying to kill me be ashamed and disgraced. Let those who want to hurt me run away in disgrace.
The Message   
God! Please hurry to my rescue! God, come quickly to my side! Those who are out to get me— let them fall all over themselves. Those who relish my downfall— send them down a blind alley. Give them a taste of their own medicine, those gossips off clucking their tongues.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
May those who seek my life be put to shame and disgrace. May all who desire to harm me be turned back and disgraced.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Let those be put to shame and confusion who seek my life. Let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire to hurt me.
Good News Translation®   
May those who try to kill me be defeated and confused. May those who are happy because of my troubles be turned back and disgraced.
Wycliffe Bible   
Be they shamed, and ashamed; that seek my life. Be they turned aback; and shame they, that will evils to me. (Be they shamed, and ashamed; all who seek to take my life. Be they turned back, and be ashamed; all who desire evil for me.)
Contemporary English Version   
Disappoint and confuse all who want to kill me. Turn away and disgrace all who want to hurt me.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire my hurt!
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Let those be put to shame and confusion who seek my life. Let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire to hurt me.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Let those be put to shame and confusion who seek my life. Let those be turned back and brought to dishonour who desire to hurt me.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Let those who seek my life be ashamed and humiliated! Let them fall back and be disgraced— those people who delight in my downfall!
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let them be turned back and humiliated Who delight in my hurt.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonour who delight in my hurt!
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Graciously rescue me, God! Come quickly to help me, Lord!
New American Standard Bible   
May those who seek my life Be put to shame and humiliated; May those who delight in my harm Be turned back and dishonored.
The Expanded Bible   
Let those who are ·trying to kill me [L seeking my life] be ashamed and ·disgraced [scorned; reproached]. Let those who want to hurt me ·run away [L turn back] in disgrace.
Tree of Life Version   
O God, come quickly to deliver me, Adonai, to help me.
Revised Standard Version   
Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire my hurt!
New International Reader's Version   
Let those who are trying to kill me be put to shame. Let them not be honored. Let all those who want to destroy me be turned back in shame.
BRG Bible   
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
Complete Jewish Bible   
God, rescue me! Adonai, hurry and help me!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Let those be put to shame and confusion who seek my life. Let those be turned back and brought to dishonour who desire to hurt me.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Let them have bushah and be confounded that seek my nefesh; let them be turned back, and be put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
Names of God Bible   
Let those who seek my life be confused and put to shame. Let those who want my downfall be turned back and disgraced.
Modern English Version   
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confused; may those who desire my harm be driven back and humiliated.
Easy-to-Read Version   
People are trying to kill me. Please disappoint them. Humiliate them! They want to hurt me. Make them run away in shame.
International Children’s Bible   
People are trying to kill me. Shame them and disgrace them. People want to hurt me. Let them run away in disgrace.
Lexham English Bible   
Let them be ashamed and abashed who seek my life. Let them be repulsed and humiliated who desire my harm.
New International Version - UK   
May those who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.