Psalms 55:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Because 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 19:19 : 19 and saith unto the king, `Let not my lord impute to me iniquity; neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely in the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem, -- for the king to set `it' unto his heart;
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety `him who' doth breathe for it.
  • Ps 17:9 : 9 From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.
  • 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 71:11 : 11 Saying, `God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.'
  • Ps 73:8 : 8 They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
  • Lam 3:34-36 : 34 To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth, 35 To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High, 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,
  • 2 Sam 15:3 : 3 And Absalom saith unto him, `See, thy matters `are' good and straightforward -- and there is none hearkening to thee from the king.'

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

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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.

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    12For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear `it', He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

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    4My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    9His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.

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

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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.

    22Come in doth all their evil before Thee, And one is doing to them as Thou hast done to me, For all my transgressions, For many `are' my sighs, and my heart `is' sick!

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

  • 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;

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    16Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

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

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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.

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    3For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.

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    7All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

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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.

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    2Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,

  • 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.'

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

  • Lam 3:52-53
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    52Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.

    53They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.

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    19And mine enemies `are' lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

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

  • Ps 54:3
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    3For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.

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    10Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,

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    5And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

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    2For thou `art' the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

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    24Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

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    20Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity `are' Thine enemies.

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    2Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many `are' fighting against me, O most High,

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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.

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    3Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.