Psalms 27:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

When the malitious approched neare vnto me for to eate vp my fleshe: mine enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 14:4 : 4 Do not all the workers of iniquitie know, deuouryng my people as though they deuoured bread: that they call not vpon God?
  • Job 19:22 : 22 Why do ye persecute me as God doth and are not satisfied with my fleshe?
  • John 18:3-6 : 3 Iudas then, after he had receaued a bande of men, and officers of the hye priestes & pharisees, came thyther with lanternes, and torches, and weapons. 4 And Iesus, knowing all thinges that shoulde come on hym, went foorth, and sayde vnto them, whom seke ye? 5 They aunswered him: Iesus of Nazareth. Iesus sayth vnto them, I am he. Iudas also whiche betrayed hym, stoode with them. 6 Assoone then as he sayde vnto them I am he, they went backewarde, & fell to the grounde.
  • Ps 9:3 : 3 For that myne enemies are returned backwarde: are fallen and perished at thy presence.
  • Job 31:31 : 31 Dyd not the men of myne owne housholde say, Who shall let vs to haue our belly full of his fleshe?
  • Ps 18:4 : 4 The panges of death haue compassed me about: and the outragiousnes of the wicked haue astonyed me with feare.
  • Ps 18:38-42 : 38 I smote them downe, and they are not able to aryse: they haue taken such a fall vnder my feete. 39 Thou hast gyrded me with strength vnto battayle: thou hast made them to bowe downe vnder me who haue rysen vp agaynst me. 40 Thou hast geuen me myne enemies neckes: and I haue destroyed them that hated me. 41 They cryed, but there was none to saue them: they cryed vnto God, but he dyd not heare them. 42 I dyd beat them to powder, like vnto dust in a wynde: I haue brought them as lowe as durt in the streates.
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogges are come about me, the assemble of the wicked lay siege agaynst me: they haue pearced my handes and my feete, I may tell all my bones.
  • Ps 53:4 : 4 Wyll not the workers of iniquitie vnderstande, eating vp my people as if they eated bread: that they do not call vpon God?
  • Ps 62:3-4 : 3 Howe long wyll ye imagine mischiefe against euery man? ye shalbe slayne all the sort of you: ye shalbe as a tottering wall, and like a broken hedge. 4 They deuise only howe to thrust him from his promotion: they delight in a lye, they blesse with their mouth, and curse with their heart. Selah.
  • Ps 118:12 : 12 They swarmed about me lyke bees, and they be extinguished as the fire made of thornes: for I trusted in the name of God that I should destroy them.
  • Isa 8:15 : 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, yea they shalbe snared and taken.
  • Ps 3:7 : 7 Arise vp O God, saue thou me O my Lorde: for thou hast smitten all myne enemies vpon the cheeke bone, thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 22:38-41
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    38 I haue folowed vpon myne enemies, and destroyed them: and turned not againe, vntill I had consumed them.

    39 I haue wasted them, and wounded them, that they shal not be able to aryse: yea, they shall fall vnder my feete.

    40 Thou hast gyrded me about with might to battayle: and them that rose against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.

    41 And thou hast geuen me the neckes of myne enemies: that I might destroye them that hate me.

  • Ps 18:37-40
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    37 I haue pursued myne enemies and onertaken them: neither dyd I returne backe vntyll I had destroyed them.

    38 I smote them downe, and they are not able to aryse: they haue taken such a fall vnder my feete.

    39 Thou hast gyrded me with strength vnto battayle: thou hast made them to bowe downe vnder me who haue rysen vp agaynst me.

    40 Thou hast geuen me myne enemies neckes: and I haue destroyed them that hated me.

  • Ps 56:2
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    2 Myne enemies are dayly in hande to swalowe me vp: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most highest.

  • Ps 9:3
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    3 For that myne enemies are returned backwarde: are fallen and perished at thy presence.

  • Ps 27:3
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    3 Though an hoast of men were layde in campe against me, yet shall not mine heart be afraide: and though there rose vp warre against me, yet I wyll put my trust in this.

  • Ps 27:1
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    1 God is my lyght and saluation, whom then shall I feare? God is the strength of my life, of whom then shall I be afraide?

  • Ps 71:10
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    10 For myne enemies speake against me: and they that lay awayte for my soule take their counsayle together.

  • Job 27:7
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    7 Therfore myne enemie shalbe founde as the vngodly, and he that taketh part against me, as the vnrighteous.

  • Ps 17:9
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    9 They haue inclosed them selues in their owne fat: with their mouth they speake proude thynges.

  • Ps 118:13
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    13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but God dyd ayde me

  • Ps 13:4
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    4 Lest myne enemie say, I haue preuayled agaynst hym: lest they that trouble me reioyce yf I shoulde be remoued.

  • Ps 38:19-20
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    19 But myne enemies lyuyng without payne are mightie: & they that hate me wrongfully are increased in number.

    20 They also that rewarde euyl for good are agaynst me: because I folowe the thyng that is good.

  • Ps 27:12
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    12 Deliuer me not into mine aduersaries handes: for there are false witnesses rysen vp against me, and such as speake wrong.

  • Ps 35:15
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    15 But in mine aduersitie they reioysed and gathered them together: yea, the very abiectes came together against me, yer I wyst they rented me a peeces and ceassed not.

  • Ps 25:19
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    19 Consider myne enemies, for they do multiplie: and they beare a tirannous hate against me.

  • Ps 3:7
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    7 Arise vp O God, saue thou me O my Lorde: for thou hast smitten all myne enemies vpon the cheeke bone, thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly.

  • Ps 71:13
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    13 Let them be confounded, let them be brought to naught that are agaynst my soule: let them be couered with shame and dishonour that seke to do me euyll.

  • Ps 22:16
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    16 For dogges are come about me, the assemble of the wicked lay siege agaynst me: they haue pearced my handes and my feete, I may tell all my bones.

  • Ps 41:5
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    5 Myne enemies speake euyl of me: when shall he dye, and his name perishe?

  • Ps 41:9
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    9 Yea besides this, euen myne owne friende whom I trusted: which dyd also eate of my bread, hath kicked very much agaynst me.

  • Ps 7:5
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    5 Then let myne enemie persecute my soule and take me: yea, let hym put me to death, and lay myne honour in the dust. Selah.

  • Ps 22:13
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    13 They gape vpon me with their mouthes: as it were a rampyng and a roryng lion.

  • Ps 57:6
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    6 They haue prepared a net for my feete, that some man might presse downe my soule: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it them selues. Selah.

  • Jer 18:22
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    22 Let the noyse be hearde out of their houses when thou bryngest the murtherer sodaynly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and layde snares for my feete.

  • Ps 118:7
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    7 God is with me amongst them that ayde me: therfore I shall see my desire vpon them that hate me.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    9 His wrath hath torne me he hateth me, & gnasheth vpon me with his teeth: myne enemie loketh fiercely vpon me with his eyes.

    10 They haue opened their mouthes wide vpon me, and smitten me vpon the cheeke dispitefully, they gather the selues together against me.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5 My wordes dayly put me to sorow: all that they do imagine, is to do me euill.

    6 They flocke together, they kepe them selues close: they marke my steppes, that they may lye in wayte for my soule.

  • Ps 143:3
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    3 For the enemie hath persecuted my soule, he hath smitten my lyfe downe to the grounde: he hath layde me in darknesse as men that haue ben long dead.

  • Ps 102:8
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    8 Myne enemies reuile me all the day long: and they that are in a rage against me, make their oth by me.

  • Ps 17:13
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    13 Deliuer thou me O God from men which be thy hande: from men, from the worlde, whose portion is in this lyfe, whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy priuie treasure.

  • Jer 20:10-11
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    10 Ueryly I hearde the euyll reportes of many, terrour was on euery side of me: complayne vpon hym say they, and we wyll tell his tale: Yea all myne owne companions, and suche as were conuersaunt with me, lay in wayte for my halting, saying: peraduenture he wylbe deceaued, and so shall we preuayle against hym, and be auenged of hym.

    11 But the Lorde stoode by me lyke a mightie giaunt, therefore my persecutours fell and coulde do nothing: they shalbe sore confounded, for they haue done vnwisely, they shall haue an euerlasting shame, which shall neuer be forgotten.

  • Job 30:12-14
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    73%

    12 Upon my right hande ryse the young men against me, they haue hurt my feete, treading vpon me as vpon the wayes of their destruction.

    13 My pathes haue they cleane marred, it was so easye for them to do me harme, that they needed no man to help them.

    14 They fell vpon me, as it had ben the breaking in of waters, and came in by heapes to destroy me.

  • Ps 54:3
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    3 For straungers are rysen vp against me: and tirauntes whiche haue not the Lorde before their eyes, seeke after my soule. Selah.

  • Mic 3:3
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    3 And they eate also the fleshe of my people, & flay of their skinne from them: and they breake their bones, and chop them in peeces as for the pot, and as fleshe within the cauldron.

  • Ps 59:3
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    3 For lo, they lye in wayte for my soule: men of power are gathered together against me who haue committed no wickednes nor fault O God.

  • Ps 55:3
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    3 Deliuer me from the voyce of the enemie, and from the present affliction of the wicked: for they are minded to do me mischiefe, and are set malitiously against me.

  • 2 Sam 22:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 He deliuered me from my mightie enemie, and from them that hated me: for they were to strong for me.

    19 When they had preuented me in the daye of my calamitie: the Lorde stayed me vp.