'Back' in the Bible

Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping!

May all my enemies be humiliated and absolutely terrified! May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated!

When my enemies turn back, they trip and are defeated before you.

The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,

I chase my enemies and catch them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!

Love the Lord, all you faithful followers of his! The Lord protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly.

May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;

May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I can pay them back!"

Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.

By your power we will drive back our enemies; by your strength we will trample down our foes!

My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; I know that God is on my side.

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

The Lord says, "I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

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!

May those who say, "Aha! Aha!" be driven back and disgraced!

Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame! Let the oppressed and poor praise your name!

When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.

He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults.

Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!

O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,

You withdrew all your fury; you turned back from your raging anger.

I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised.

You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.

Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!

Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes -- you will see the wicked paid back.

Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud!

He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the Lord our God will destroy them.

He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.

The sea looked and fled; the Jordan River turned back.

Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?

The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.

May all who hate Zion be humiliated and turned back!

The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.