Verse 3

I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing: 8 The Lord has sent punishment on you for all the blood of the family of Saul, whose kingdom you have taken; and the Lord has given the kingdom to Absalom, your son: now you yourself are taken in your evil, because you are a man of blood.
  • 2 Sam 19:19 : 19 And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.
  • Ps 17:9 : 9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.
  • Ps 54:3 : 3 For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)
  • Ps 71:11 : 11 Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.
  • Ps 73:8 : 8 Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.
  • Lam 3:34-36 : 34 In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, 35 In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High. 36 In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;
  • 2 Sam 15:3 : 3 And Absalom would say to him, See, your cause is true and right; but no man has been named by the king to give you a hearing.