TOPICAL BIBLE
Persecution
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Psalm 11:2For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.Psalm 22:1For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?Psalm 22:2My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.Psalm 22:6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.Psalm 22:7All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,Psalm 22:8“He trusts in Yahweh; let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”Psalm 22:11Don’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.Psalm 22:12Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.Psalm 22:13They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.Psalm 22:14I am poured out like water. 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. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.Psalm 22:16For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.Psalm 22:17I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.Psalm 22:18They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.Psalm 22:19But don’t be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.Psalm 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.Psalm 22:21Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.Psalm 31:13For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.Psalm 37:32The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.Psalm 38:20They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.Psalm 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”Psalm 42:10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”Psalm 44:15All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,Psalm 44:16At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.Psalm 44:17All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.Psalm 44:18Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,Psalm 44:22Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.Psalm 56:5All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.Psalm 59:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.Psalm 59:2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.Psalm 69:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David. Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!Psalm 69:2I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.Psalm 69:3I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.Psalm 69:4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.Psalm 69:5God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.Psalm 69:6Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.Psalm 69:7Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.Psalm 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.Psalm 69:9For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.Psalm 69:10When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.Psalm 69:11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.Psalm 69:12Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.Psalm 69:13But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.Psalm 69:14Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.Psalm 69:15Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.Psalm 69:16Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.Psalm 69:17Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!Psalm 69:18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.Psalm 69:19You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.Psalm 69:20Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.Psalm 69:21They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.Psalm 74:7They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.Psalm 74:8They said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.” They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.Psalm 94:5They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage.Psalm 109:25I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.Psalm 119:51The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.Psalm 119:61The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.Psalm 119:69The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.Psalm 119:78Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.Psalm 119:85The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.