Psalm 55:3
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3 by the noise of the enemy,
because of the clamor of the wicked.
For they bring[a] trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.(A)
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- 55.3 Cn Compare Gk: Heb they cause to totter
2 Samuel 16:7-8
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7 Shimei shouted while he cursed, “Out! Out! Murderer! Scoundrel!(A) 8 The Lord has avenged on all of you the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of blood.”(B)
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Matthew 26:59
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59 Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death,
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Lamentations 3:34-36
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34 When all the prisoners of the land
are crushed under foot,
35 when justice is perverted
in the presence of the Most High,(A)
36 when one’s case is subverted—
does the Lord not see it?(B)
Psalm 73:8
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8 They scoff and speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.(A)
Psalm 71:11
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11 They say, “Pursue and seize that person
whom God has forsaken,
for there is no one to deliver.”(A)
Psalm 54:3
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3 For the insolent have risen against me;
the ruthless seek my life;
they do not set God before them. Selah(A)
Psalm 35:11
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11 Malicious witnesses rise up;
they ask me about things I do not know.(A)
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 17:9
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9 from the wicked who despoil me,
my deadly enemies who surround me.
Psalm 12:5
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5 “Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord;
“I will place them in the safety for which they long.”(A)
2 Samuel 19:19
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19 and said to the king, “May my lord not hold me guilty or remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem; may the king not bear it in mind.(A)
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2 Samuel 15:3
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3 Absalom would say, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no one deputed by the king to hear you.”
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