Psalms 55:3
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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9 From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.
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3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
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10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
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5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
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