Psalms 55:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 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.

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    19See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

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    2For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

    3Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

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    12For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

  • Ps 55:4
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    4My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    9I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;

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  • Lam 1:21-22
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    21Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they are glad because you have done it: let the day of fate come when they will be like me.

    22Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

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    8My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.

  • Ps 35:15
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    15But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

  • Ps 44:16
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    16Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

  • Ps 71:10
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    10For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

  • Ps 59:3
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    3For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

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    3The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

  • Ps 41:7
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    7All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

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    2Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

  • Jer 20:10
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    10For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.

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    5My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

  • Lam 3:52-53
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    52They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;

    53They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.

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    19But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.

  • Ps 17:9
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    9From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

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    3For 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.)

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    13False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

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    5They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

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    2You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

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    24Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

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    20For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.

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    2My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.

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