Psalm 143:3
New King James Version
3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in [a]darkness,
Like those who have long been dead.
Footnotes
- Psalm 143:3 dark places
Lamentations 3:6
New King James Version
6 (A)He has set me in dark places
Like the dead of long ago.
Psalm 142:6
New King James Version
6 [a]Attend to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.
Footnotes
- Psalm 142:6 Give heed
Psalm 88:4-6
New King James Version
4 I am counted with those who (A)go[a] down to the pit;
(B)I am like a man who has no strength,
5 [b]Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.
6 You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In darkness, in the depths.
Footnotes
- Psalm 88:4 Die
- Psalm 88:5 Lit. Free
Psalm 35:4
New King James Version
4 (A)Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor
Who seek after my life;
Let those be (B)turned back and brought to confusion
Who plot my hurt.
Psalm 17:9-13
New King James Version
9 From the wicked who oppress me,
From my deadly enemies who surround me.
10 They have closed up their (A)fat hearts;
With their mouths they (B)speak proudly.
11 They have now surrounded us in our steps;
They have set their eyes, crouching down to the earth,
12 As a lion is eager to tear his prey,
And like a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O Lord,
Confront him, cast him down;
Deliver my life from the wicked with Your sword,
Psalm 7:5
New King James Version
5 Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
Yes, let him trample my life to the earth,
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah
Psalm 7:1-2
New King James Version
Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies
A (A)Meditation[a] of David, which he sang to the Lord (B)concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
7 O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;
(C)Save me from all those who persecute me;
And deliver me,
2 (D)Lest they tear me like a lion,
(E)Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Footnotes
- Psalm 7:1 Heb. Shiggaion
2 Samuel 18:11
New King James Version
11 So Joab said to the man who told him, “You just saw him! And why did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a belt.”
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2 Samuel 2:22
New King James Version
22 So Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I face your brother Joab?”
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Ezekiel 37:11
New King James Version
11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the (A)whole house of Israel. They indeed say, (B)‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’
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Psalm 54:3
New King James Version
3 For strangers have risen up against me,
And oppressors have sought after my life;
They have not set God before them. Selah
Psalm 31:12-13
New King James Version
12 (A)I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a [a]broken vessel.
13 (B)For I hear the slander of many;
(C)Fear is on every side;
While they (D)take counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.
Footnotes
- Psalm 31:12 Lit. perishing
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