A moment in scripture
Psalms 35:5
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Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 35:3
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
- Psalms 35:4
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
- Psalms 35:6
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
- Psalms 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.