Psalm 27:2
New Living Translation
2 When evil people come to devour me,
when my enemies and foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.
Psalm 118:12
New Living Translation
12 They swarmed around me like bees;
they blazed against me like a crackling fire.
But I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.
Isaiah 8:15
New Living Translation
15 Many will stumble and fall,
never to rise again.
They will be snared and captured.”
Psalm 14:4
New Living Translation
4 Will those who do evil never learn?
They eat up my people like bread
and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.
Psalm 9:3
New Living Translation
3 My enemies retreated;
they staggered and died when you appeared.
Job 19:22
New Living Translation
22 Must you also persecute me, like God does?
Haven’t you chewed me up enough?
John 18:3-6
New Living Translation
3 The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to accompany him. Now with blazing torches, lanterns, and weapons, they arrived at the olive grove.
4 Jesus fully realized all that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet them. “Who are you looking for?” he asked.
5 “Jesus the Nazarene,”[a] they replied.
“I am he,”[b] Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.) 6 As Jesus said “I am he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground!
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Psalm 3:7
New Living Translation
7 Arise, O Lord!
Rescue me, my God!
Slap all my enemies in the face!
Shatter the teeth of the wicked!
Job 31:31
New Living Translation
31 “My servants have never said,
‘He let others go hungry.’
Psalm 62:3-4
New Living Translation
3 So many enemies against one man—
all of them trying to kill me.
To them I’m just a broken-down wall
or a tottering fence.
4 They plan to topple me from my high position.
They delight in telling lies about me.
They praise me to my face
but curse me in their hearts. Interlude
Psalm 53:4
New Living Translation
4 Will those who do evil never learn?
They eat up my people like bread
and wouldn’t think of praying to God.
Psalm 22:16
New Living Translation
16 My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs;
an evil gang closes in on me.
They have pierced[a] my hands and feet.
Footnotes
- 22:16 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek and Syriac versions; most Hebrew manuscripts read They are like a lion at.
Psalm 18:38-42
New Living Translation
38 I struck them down so they could not get up;
they fell beneath my feet.
39 You have armed me with strength for the battle;
you have subdued my enemies under my feet.
40 You placed my foot on their necks.
I have destroyed all who hated me.
41 They called for help, but no one came to their rescue.
They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.
42 I ground them as fine as dust in the wind.
I swept them into the gutter like dirt.
Psalm 18:4
New Living Translation
4 The ropes of death entangled me;
floods of destruction swept over me.
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