American Standard Version
"And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach. "
— Psalms 78:66, American Standard Version
“And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.”
“He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.”
“He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults.”
“His haters were turned back by his blows and shamed for ever.”
“And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.”
Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.
Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.
Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.
And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.