Psalms 38:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

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  • Ps 35:20 : 20 For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.
  • Ps 141:9 : 9 Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.
  • Ps 64:2-5 : 2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity. 3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word. 4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not. 5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'
  • 2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 And thus said Shimei in his reviling, `Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness! 8 Jehovah hath turned back on thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned, and Jehovah doth give the kingdom in to the hand of Absalom thy son; and lo, thou `art' in thine evil, for a man of blood thou `art'.'
  • 2 Sam 17:1-3 : 1 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, `Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night, 2 and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who `are' with him, and I have smitten the king by himself, 3 and I bring back all the people unto thee -- as the turning back of the whole `is' the man whom thou art seeking -- all the people are peace.
  • Ps 35:4 : 4 They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.
  • Ps 10:9 : 9 He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
  • Ps 54:3 : 3 For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.
  • Ps 62:3-4 : 3 Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down. 4 Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.
  • Ps 119:110 : 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.
  • Luke 20:19-22 : 19 And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile. 20 And, having watched `him', they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor, 21 and they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach; 22 Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

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  • Ps 41:7-8
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    7All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

    8A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts `are' for evil,

    6They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

  • Ps 35:19-20
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    19Mine enemies rejoice not over me `with' falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.

    20For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

  • Ps 71:10
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    10For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

  • Ps 31:13
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    13For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear `is' round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

  • Ps 38:19-20
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    19And mine enemies `are' lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

    20And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

  • Ps 35:4
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    4They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.

  • Ps 140:2
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    2Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble `for' wars.

  • Ps 109:2-3
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    2For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

    3They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.

  • Ps 102:8
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    8All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.

  • Lam 3:62
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    62The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.

  • Ps 35:15
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    15And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

  • Ps 59:3
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    3For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

  • Jer 20:10
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    10For I have heard the evil report of many, Fear `is' round about: `Declare, and we declare it,' All mine allies are watching `for' my halting, `Perhaps he is enticed, and we prevail over him, And we take our vengeance out of him.'

  • Ps 38:11
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    11My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.

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    5Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!

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    5The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

  • Ps 70:2
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    2Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

  • Ps 64:5
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    5They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'

  • Ps 55:3
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    3Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

  • Jer 5:26
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    26For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.

  • Ps 25:19
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    19See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.

  • Ps 40:14
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    14They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.

  • Ps 62:3-4
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    3Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

    4Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

  • Job 30:12-13
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    74%

    12On the right hand doth a brood arise, My feet they have cast away, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.

    13They have broken down my path, By my calamity they profit, `He hath no helper.'

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    6A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

  • Lam 1:21
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    21They have heard that I have sighed, There is no comforter for me, All my enemies have heard of my calamity, They have rejoiced that Thou hast done `it', Thou hast brought in the day Thou hast called, And they are like to me.

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    10They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.

  • Jer 18:22
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    22A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.

  • Ps 38:16
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    16When I said, `Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.

  • Ps 141:9
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    9Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 140:9
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    9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

  • Ps 35:11-12
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    11Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

    12They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

  • Ps 35:7
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    7For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

  • Ps 38:13
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    13And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.

  • Lam 3:52
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    52Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.

  • Jer 11:19
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    19And I `am' as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.

  • Ps 17:9
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    9From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

  • Ps 71:13
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    13They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered `with' reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,