Psalms 17:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that [there is] neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
  • 1 Chr 17:9 : 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
  • Ps 7:5 : 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.
  • Ps 31:20 : 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
  • Ps 35:4 : 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.

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  • Ps 17:7-8
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    7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them].

    8¶ Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

  • 9Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

  • Ps 59:1-3
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    1¶ To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

    2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

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

  • 9[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • 9Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

  • 17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

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

  • Ps 140:4-5
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    4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

  • Ps 118:10-12
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    10All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

    11They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

    12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

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

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

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

  • 3Because 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.

  • Ps 17:10-11
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    10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

    11They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

  • 2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

  • 17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

  • 13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

  • 13Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:

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

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

  • 2When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

  • 16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

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

  • 41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

  • 15My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

  • 18Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

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

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    1¶ Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

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

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

  • 12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

  • 40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

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

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

  • 18He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

  • 4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

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

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

  • 19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

  • 20[Let] this [be] the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

  • 32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • 22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

  • 12His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.