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 118:12
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12 They surrounded me like bees;
they blazed[a] like a fire of thorns;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
Footnotes
- 118.12 Gk: Heb were extinguished
Psalm 18:38-42
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38 I struck them down so that they were unable to rise;
they fell under my feet.(A)
39 For you girded me with strength for the battle;
you made my assailants sink under me.(B)
40 You made my enemies turn their backs to me,
and those who hated me I destroyed.(C)
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them;
they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.(D)
42 I beat them fine, like dust before the wind;
I cast them out like the mire of the streets.(E)
Psalm 14:4
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4 Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers
who eat up my people as they eat bread
and do not call upon the Lord?(A)
Psalm 9:3
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3 When my enemies turned back,
they stumbled and perished before you.(A)
Job 19:22
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22 Why do you, like God, pursue me,
never satisfied with my flesh?(A)
John 18:3-6
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3 So Judas brought a detachment of soldiers together with police from the chief priests and the Pharisees, and they came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.(A) 4 Then Jesus, knowing all that was to happen to him, came forward and asked them, “Whom are you looking for?”(B) 5 They answered, “Jesus of Nazareth.”[a] Jesus replied, “I am he.”[b] Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When Jesus[c] said to them, “I am he,”[d] they stepped back and fell to the ground.
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Isaiah 8:15
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15 And many among them shall stumble; they shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”(A)
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Psalm 3:7
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7 Rise up, O Lord!
Deliver me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.
Job 31:31
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Footnotes
- 31.31 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 62:3-4
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3 How long will you assail a person,
will you batter your victim, all of you,
as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?(A)
4 Their only plan is to bring down a person of prominence.
They take pleasure in falsehood;
they bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse. Selah(B)
Psalm 53:4
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4 Have they no knowledge, those evildoers,
who eat up my people as they eat bread
and do not call upon God?(A)
Psalm 22:16
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16 For dogs are all around me;
a company of evildoers encircles me;
they bound my hands and feet.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 22.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 18:4
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4 The cords of death encompassed me;
the torrents of perdition assailed me;(A)
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