Psalm 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
Cross-references
Psalm 1:4 uses the same chaff-before-wind simile for the wicked, reinforcing the fate David prays for his enemies.
Psalm 83:13-17 expands the chaff imagery with similar imprecations — shame, humiliation — directly echoing David's prayer.
Isaiah 17:13 describes God rebuking nations who flee like chaff before the wind — same imagery of divine judgment.
Isaiah 29:5 says enemies will become like chaff blowing away — identical image of sudden destruction.
Isaiah 37:36 shows the angel of the Lord striking the Assyrian army — a direct parallel to the angel driving away David's enemies.
Hosea 13:3 uses chaff blown away as a metaphor for Ephraim's fleeting existence — same simile for judgment.
Acts 12:23 records an angel striking Herod dead — a New Testament example of the same divine judgment against the wicked.
2 Kings 19:35 shows the angel of the LORD executing judgment on Assyrians, directly illustrating the same divine agent prayed for here.
Matthew 3:12 uses the same chaff imagery for final judgment, with the winnowing fork separating wheat from chaff.
Job 21:18 also compares the wicked to chaff, but in a rhetorical question about God's justice — a different tone.