Psalms 55:3

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

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  • 2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: 8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
  • 2 Sam 19:19 : 19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
  • Ps 17:9 : 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
  • Ps 54:3 : 3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
  • Ps 71:11 : 11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
  • Ps 73:8 : 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
  • Lam 3:34-36 : 34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
  • 2 Sam 15:3 : 3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

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  • 19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

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

    3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

  • 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

  • 4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

    10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

  • Lam 1:21-22
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    21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

    22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

  • 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

  • 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

  • 16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

  • 10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

  • 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

  • 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

  • 7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

  • 2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

  • 10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

  • 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

  • Lam 3:52-53
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    52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

    53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

  • 19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

  • 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

  • 3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

  • 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

  • 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

  • 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

  • 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

  • 2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  • 20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

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    1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

  • 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

  • 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

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    5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

  • 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

  • 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  • 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

  • 2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

  • Jer 18:22-23
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    22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

    23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

  • 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

  • 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

  • 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

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    7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

  • 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

  • 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.