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Psalm 70:2

Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

1For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD.
2Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
3Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”
4Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!”
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Disgrace is part of David’s plea for rescue: he asks God to turn back those seeking his life and expose them to shame.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 35:4Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.Both prayers ask that those seeking the speaker’s life and ruin be disappointed, confounded, and turned back.
Psalm 35:26Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.Both ask for shame and confusion upon enemies; one names those desiring ruin, the other those rejoicing at calamity.
Isaiah 41:11Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.Both describe opponents being disappointed and confounded; David petitions God, while Isaiah announces what will happen to those who strive against his hearers.
Psalm 109:29Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.Both prayers ask for adversaries to bear shame, with Psalm 109 describing that shame as clothing.
John 18:6When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward and fell to the ground.The connection is limited: David asks that enemies be turned back, while those before Jesus go backward and fall to the ground.
Psalm 71:13Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.Both ask that people intent on harming the speaker be disappointed and covered with disgrace.
Isaiah 28:13Therefore the LORD’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, …Both use language of reversal, but David prays against attackers while Isaiah describes people falling backward under the LORD’s word.
Jeremiah 17:18Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but don’t let me be disappointed. Let them be dismayed, but don’t let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of evil, …Both prayers ask for opponents to be disappointed; Jeremiah also asks that he be spared their dismay and that they face destruction.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

David asks for his attackers’ disgrace while pleading for God’s help. The prayer leaves judgment with God; it gives no command to carry out revenge.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).