TOPICAL BIBLE
Persecution
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Psalm 11:2For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;Psalm 22:1For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?Psalm 22:2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.Psalm 22:6But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.Psalm 22:7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,Psalm 22:8Commit thyself unto Jehovah; let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.Psalm 22:11Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.Psalm 22:12Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.Psalm 22:13They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion.Psalm 22:14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.Psalm 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.Psalm 22:16For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.Psalm 22:17I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me;Psalm 22:18They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.Psalm 22:19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.Psalm 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.Psalm 22:21Save me from the lion’s mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.Psalm 31:13For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me They devised to take away my life.Psalm 37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.Psalm 38:20They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.Psalm 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?Psalm 42:10As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?Psalm 44:15All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,Psalm 44:16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.Psalm 44:17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.Psalm 44:18Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,Psalm 44:22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.Psalm 56:5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.Psalm 59:1For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.Psalm 59:2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from the bloodthirsty men.Psalm 69:1For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.Psalm 69:2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.Psalm 69:3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.Psalm 69:4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.Psalm 69:5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.Psalm 69:6Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.Psalm 69:7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.Psalm 69:8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children.Psalm 69:9For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.Psalm 69:10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.Psalm 69:11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.Psalm 69:12They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards.Psalm 69:13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.Psalm 69:14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.Psalm 69:15Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.Psalm 69:16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.Psalm 69:17And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.Psalm 69:18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.Psalm 69:19Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.Psalm 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.Psalm 69:21They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.Psalm 74:7They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.Psalm 74:8They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.Psalm 94:5They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.Psalm 109:25I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.Psalm 119:51The proud have had me greatly in derision: Yet have I not swerved from thy law.Psalm 119:61The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; But I have not forgotten thy law.Psalm 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.Psalm 119:78Let the proud be put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: But I will meditate on thy precepts.Psalm 119:85The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.