Psalm 35:25
New Living Translation
25 Don’t let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted!
Now we will eat him alive!”
Lamentations 2:16
New Living Translation
16 All your enemies mock you.
They scoff and snarl and say,
“We have destroyed her at last!
We have long waited for this day,
and it is finally here!”
Psalm 124:3
New Living Translation
3 They would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger.
1 Corinthians 15:54
New Living Translation
54 Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die,[a] this Scripture will be fulfilled:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.[b]
Mark 2:8
New Living Translation
8 Jesus knew immediately what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts?
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Mark 2:6
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6 But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves,
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Matthew 27:43
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43 He trusted God, so let God rescue him now if he wants him! For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
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Psalm 140:8
New Living Translation
8 Lord, do not let evil people have their way.
Do not let their evil schemes succeed,
or they will become proud. Interlude
Psalm 74:8
New Living Translation
8 Then they thought, “Let’s destroy everything!”
So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped.
Psalm 57:3
New Living Translation
3 He will send help from heaven to rescue me,
disgracing those who hound me. Interlude
My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness.
Psalm 56:1-2
New Living Translation
Psalm 56
For the choir director: A psalm[a] of David, regarding the time the Philistines seized him in Gath. To be sung to the tune “Dove on Distant Oaks.”
1 O God, have mercy on me,
for people are hounding me.
My foes attack me all day long.
2 I am constantly hounded by those who slander me,
and many are boldly attacking me.
Footnotes
- 56:Title Hebrew miktam. This may be a literary or musical term.
Psalm 28:3
New Living Translation
3 Do not drag me away with the wicked—
with those who do evil—
those who speak friendly words to their neighbors
while planning evil in their hearts.
Psalm 27:12
New Living Translation
12 Do not let me fall into their hands.
For they accuse me of things I’ve never done;
with every breath they threaten me with violence.
Job 1:5
New Living Translation
5 When these celebrations ended—sometimes after several days—Job would purify his children. He would get up early in the morning and offer a burnt offering for each of them. For Job said to himself, “Perhaps my children have sinned and have cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
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2 Samuel 20:19
New Living Translation
19 I am one who is peace loving and faithful in Israel. But you are destroying an important town in Israel.[a] Why do you want to devour what belongs to the Lord?”
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- 20:19 Hebrew a town that is a mother in Israel.
Exodus 15:9
New Living Translation
9 “The enemy boasted, ‘I will chase them
and catch up with them.
I will plunder them
and consume them.
I will flash my sword;
my powerful hand will destroy them.’
Psalm 70:3
New Living Translation
3 Let them be horrified by their shame,
for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him now!”
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