Psalms 55:3

Webster's Bible (1833)

Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 Thus said Shimei when he cursed, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow: 8 Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son; and, behold, you are [taken] in your own mischief, because you are a man of blood.
  • 2 Sam 19:19 : 19 He said to the king, Don't let my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do you remember that which your 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 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
  • Ps 17:9 : 9 From the wicked who oppress me, My deadly enemies, who surround me.
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen up against me, Such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.
  • Ps 54:3 : 3 For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.
  • Ps 71:11 : 11 Saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him."
  • Ps 73:8 : 8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
  • Lam 3:34-36 : 34 To crush under foot 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 doesn't approve.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
  • 2 Sam 15:3 : 3 Absalom said to him, Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized of the king to hear you.

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    3For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

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    7All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

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    5All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

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    52They have chased me sore like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

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    19But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

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