Psalms 55:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

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, you bloody man, and you man of Belial: 8 The LORD has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son: and, behold, you are caught in your own mischief, because you are a bloody man.
  • 2 Sam 19:19 : 19 And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither remember what your servant did perversely the day 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, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him who puffs at him.
  • Ps 17:9 : 9 From the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Do not deliver me to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses did rise up; they charged me with things that I knew not.
  • Ps 54:3 : 3 For strangers have risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
  • Ps 71:11 : 11 Saying, God has forsaken him; pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.
  • Ps 73:8 : 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly of 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 does not approve.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false testimony against Jesus, to put him to death;
  • 2 Sam 15:3 : 3 And Absalom said to him, See, your matters are good and right; but there is no man appointed by the king to hear you.

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    12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it. Neither was it one who hated me that exalted himself against me; then I would have hidden from him,

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    4My heart is in anguish within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    9He tears me in his wrath, who hates me; he gnashes upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes upon me.

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    21They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: you will bring the day that you have promised, and they shall be like me.

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    8My enemies reproach me all day long; those who are mad against me are sworn against me.

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    15But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; yes, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me, and did not cease:

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    16For the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, by reason of the enemy and avenger.

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    10For my enemies speak against me; and those who lie in wait for my soul take counsel together,

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    3For, look, they lie in wait for my life; the mighty are gathered against me, not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD.

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    3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

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    7All who hate me whisper together against me; they devise my harm against me.

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

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life.

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    2Attend to me, and hear me; I mourn in my complaint and make a noise,

  • Jer 20:10
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    10For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, they say, and we will report it. All my familiar friends watched for my faltering, saying, Perhaps he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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

  • Lam 3:52-53
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    52My enemies hunted me like a bird, without cause.

    53They cut off my life in the pit and threw a stone upon me.

  • Ps 38:19
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    19But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

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    9From the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.

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

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    10Behold, He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy;

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    24Why do you hide your face, and hold me as your enemy?

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