Psalm 25:19
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19 Consider how many are my foes
and with what violent hatred they hate me.(A)
Luke 23:21-23
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21 but they kept shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!” 22 A third time he said to them, “Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no ground for the sentence of death; I will therefore have him flogged and then release him.”(A) 23 But they kept urgently demanding with loud shouts that he should be crucified, and their voices prevailed.
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Luke 23:5
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5 But they were insistent and said, “He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he began even to this place.”
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Luke 22:2
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2 The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus[a] to death, for they were afraid of the people.(A)
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- 22.2 Gk him
Psalm 143:3
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3 For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing my life to the ground,
making me sit in darkness like those long dead.
Psalm 140:11
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11 Do not let the slanderer be established in the land;
let evil speedily hunt down the violent!(A)
Psalm 140:4
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4 Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
protect me from the violent
who have planned my downfall.(A)
Psalm 140:1
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Psalm 140
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
1 Deliver me, O Lord, from evildoers;
protect me from those who are violent,(A)
Psalm 138:7
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7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies;
you stretch out your hand,
and your right hand delivers me.(A)
Psalm 86:14
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14 O God, the insolent rise up against me;
a band of ruffians seeks my life,
and they do not set you before them.(A)
Psalm 57:4
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4 I lie down among lions
that greedily devour[a] human prey;
their teeth are spears and arrows,
their tongues sharp swords.(A)
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- 57.4 Cn: Heb are aflame for
Psalm 56:2
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2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many fight against me.
O Most High,(A)
Psalm 52:2
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2 you are plotting destruction.
Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
you worker of treachery.(A)
Psalm 38:19
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- 38.19 Q ms: MT my living foes
Psalm 27:12
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12 Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
for false witnesses have risen against me,
and they are breathing out violence.(A)
Psalm 27:2
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2 When evildoers assail me
to devour my flesh—
my adversaries and foes—
they shall stumble and fall.(A)
Psalm 18:48
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48 who delivered me from my enemies;
indeed, you exalted me above my adversaries;
you delivered me from the violent.(A)
Psalm 11:5
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5 The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
and his soul hates the lover of violence.(A)
Psalm 3:1-2
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Psalm 3
Trust in God under Adversity
A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom.
1 O Lord, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
2 many are saying to me,
“There is no help for you[a] in God.” Selah
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- 3.2 Syr: Heb him
2 Samuel 17:2-4
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2 I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king,(A) 3 and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man,[a] and all the people will be at peace.” 4 The advice pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
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- 17.3 Gk: Heb like the return of the whole (is) the man whom you seek
2 Samuel 16:11
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11 David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has bidden him.(A)
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