Psalm 18:17
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17 He delivered me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.(A)
Psalm 142:6
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6 Listen to my cry,
for I am brought very low.
Save me from my persecutors,
for they are too strong for me.(A)
Psalm 35:10
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10 All my bones shall say,
“O Lord, who is like you?
You deliver the weak
from those too strong for them,
the weak and needy from those who despoil them.”(A)
Hebrews 2:14-15
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14 Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,(A) 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.(B)
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Job 16:9
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9 He has torn me in his wrath and hated me;
he has gnashed his teeth at me;
my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.(A)
Ephesians 6:10-12
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The Whole Armor of God
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power; 11 put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil, 12 for our[a] struggle is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present[b] darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.[c](A)
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Psalm 69:4-14
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4 More in number than the hairs of my head
are those who hate me without cause;
many are those who would destroy me,
my enemies who accuse me falsely.
What I did not steal,
must I now restore?(A)
5 O God, you know my folly;
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.(B)
6 Do not let those who hope in you be put to shame because of me,
O Lord God of hosts;
do not let those who seek you be dishonored because of me,
O God of Israel.
7 It is for your sake that I have borne reproach,
that shame has covered my face.(C)
8 I have become a stranger to my kindred,
an alien to my mother’s children.(D)
9 It is zeal for your house that has consumed me;
the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.(E)
10 When I humbled my soul with fasting,[a]
they insulted me for doing so.(F)
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.(G)
12 I am the subject of gossip for those who sit in the gate,
and the drunkards make songs about me.(H)
13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord.
At an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love, answer me.
With your faithful help(I) 14 rescue me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.(J)
Footnotes
- 69.10 Gk Syr: Heb I wept, with fasting my soul, or I made my soul mourn with fasting
Psalm 38:19
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Footnotes
- 38.19 Q ms: MT my living foes
Psalm 118:7
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7 The Lord is on my side to help me;
I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.(A)
Psalm 25:19
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19 Consider how many are my foes
and with what violent hatred they hate me.(A)
Psalm 18:40-41
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40 You made my enemies turn their backs to me,
and those who hated me I destroyed.(A)
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them;
they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.(B)
Psalm 9:13
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13 Be gracious to me, O Lord.
See what I suffer from those who hate me;
you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,(A)
2 Samuel 22:18
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18 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.
2 Samuel 22:1
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David’s Song of Thanksgiving
22 David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.(A)
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Luke 19:14
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14 But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
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