TOPICAL BIBLE
Persecution
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Psalm 11:2For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.Psalm 22:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?Psalm 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.Psalm 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.Psalm 22:7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:Psalm 22:8“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”Psalm 22:11Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.Psalm 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.Psalm 22:13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.Psalm 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.Psalm 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.Psalm 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.Psalm 22:17I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.Psalm 22:18They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.Psalm 22:19But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.Psalm 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.Psalm 22:21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!Psalm 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.Psalm 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,Psalm 38:20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.Psalm 42:3My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”Psalm 42:10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”Psalm 44:15All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,Psalm 44:16at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.Psalm 44:17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.Psalm 44:18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.Psalm 44:22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.Psalm 56:5All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.Psalm 59:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.Psalm 59:2Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.Psalm 69:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.Psalm 69:2I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.Psalm 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.Psalm 69:4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.Psalm 69:5You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.Psalm 69:6May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.Psalm 69:7For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.Psalm 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,Psalm 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.Psalm 69:10I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.Psalm 69:11I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.Psalm 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.Psalm 69:13But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.Psalm 69:14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.Psalm 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.Psalm 69:16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.Psalm 69:17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!Psalm 69:18Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.Psalm 69:19You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.Psalm 69:20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.Psalm 69:21They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.Psalm 74:7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.Psalm 74:8They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.Psalm 94:5They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.Psalm 109:25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.Psalm 119:51The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.Psalm 119:61Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.Psalm 119:69Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.Psalm 119:78May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.Psalm 119:85The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.