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Psalm 6:10

May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.
9The LORD has heard my supplication. The LORD accepts my prayer.
10May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.
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The prayer for enemies to suffer shame can be hard to voice, yet it comes after tears and the assurance that God has heard them.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. They will be utterly disappointed because they …Both speakers expect their opponents to suffer disgrace, with confidence grounded in the LORD’s help.
Psalm 25:3Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.Both passages speak of shame falling on wrongdoers, while Psalm 25 also names the hope of those who wait for God.
Malachi 3:18Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.Both distinguish those who do wrong from those who turn to God, though Malachi does not speak of enemies retreating.
Psalm 86:17Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.Both prayers connect the shame of those who oppose the speaker with the LORD’s response to distress.
Proverbs 29:1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.Both describe a sudden reversal for wrongdoers, though Proverbs speaks of destruction and Psalm 6 speaks of disgrace.
Psalm 70:2Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.Both prayers ask for enemies to be turned back in disgrace, naming their desired defeat without softening the plea.
Psalm 112:10The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.Both describe the defeat of the wicked, whose opposition ends in dismay rather than success.
Isaiah 26:11LORD, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.Both passages anticipate opponents being put to shame, though Isaiah also speaks of fire consuming God’s adversaries.
1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.Both describe a sudden reversal, but the outcomes differ: disgrace in Psalm 6 and inescapable destruction in Thessalonians.
Job 6:29Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.Both speakers seek a reversal amid wrongdoing: enemies retreating in the psalm, and an end to injustice in Job.
Where this verse fits

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Encouragement

The psalm ends with confidence that enemies will turn back. That confidence rests on YHWH who has heard the weeping; the hurt has reached him.

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