Psalms 17:9

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Protect me from the wicked who attack me, from my life’s enemies who surround me.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 'This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you and said, "I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the LORD’s anointed."'
  • 1 Chr 17:9 : 9 I will provide a place for my people Israel and plant them so they can live in their own land and not be disturbed again. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning,
  • Ps 7:5 : 5 if I have repaid my friend with evil or have plundered my enemy without cause,
  • Ps 31:20 : 20 How abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked out for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of humanity.
  • Ps 35:4 : 4 Let those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; let those who devise harm against me retreat and be humiliated.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life.
  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They repay me evil for good, leaving my soul in grief.

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    9Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I seek refuge in you.

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    1For the director: Do not destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch the house to kill him.

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    9Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

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    4They sharpen their tongues like serpents; the venom of vipers is under their lips. Selah.

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    10All the nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord, I cut them off.

    11They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; in the name of the Lord, I cut them off.

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    19Look at my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with violent hatred.

  • Ps 109:2-3
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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

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    3Pay attention to me and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am distraught.

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    10They close up their hearts to compassion; they speak with arrogance.

    11They track my every step; they surround me and set their eyes to bring me down to the ground.

  • Ps 64:2
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    2Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; protect my life from the fear of the enemy.

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    17He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

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    13For he who avenges blood remembers them; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.

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    13Arise, Lord! Confront them, bring them down. With your sword, rescue me from the wicked.

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    19Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.

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    19I confess my iniquity; I am anxious because of my sin.

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    2When evildoers come against me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumble and fall.

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    16My strength is dried up like a broken piece of pottery, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

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