TOPICAL BIBLE
Persecution
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Psalm 11:2For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.Psalm 22:1To the Overseer, on ‘The Hind of the Morning.’—A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?Psalm 22:2My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.Psalm 22:6And I am a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.Psalm 22:7All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip—shake the head,Psalm 22:8‘Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.’Psalm 22:11Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.Psalm 22:12Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me,Psalm 22:13They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.Psalm 22:14As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.Psalm 22:15Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.Psalm 22:16And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.Psalm 22:17I count all my bones—they look expectingly, They look upon me,Psalm 22:18They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.Psalm 22:19And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.Psalm 22:20Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one.Psalm 22:21Save me from the mouth of a lion:—And—from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!Psalm 31:13For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear is round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,Psalm 37:32The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.Psalm 38:20And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.Psalm 42:3My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, ‘Where is thy God?’Psalm 42:10With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, ‘Where is thy God?’Psalm 44:15All the day my confusion is before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.Psalm 44:16Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.Psalm 44:17All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.Psalm 44:18We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.Psalm 44:22Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.Psalm 56:5All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts are for evil,Psalm 59:1To the Overseer.—‘Destroy not,’ by David.—A secret treasure, in Saul’s sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.Psalm 59:2Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.Psalm 69:1To the Overseer.—‘On the Lilies,’ by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul.Psalm 69:2I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me.Psalm 69:3I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.Psalm 69:4Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away—I bring back.Psalm 69:5O God, Thou—Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.Psalm 69:6Let not those waiting on Thee be ashamed because of me, O Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Let not those seeking Thee Blush because of me, O God of Israel.Psalm 69:7For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.Psalm 69:8A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.Psalm 69:9For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me.Psalm 69:10And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me.Psalm 69:11And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.Psalm 69:12Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.Psalm 69:13And I—my prayer is to Thee, O Jehovah, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of Thy kindness, Answer me in the truth of Thy salvation.Psalm 69:14Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters.Psalm 69:15Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.Psalm 69:16Answer me, O Jehovah, for good is Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me,Psalm 69:17And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress—haste, answer me.Psalm 69:18Be near unto my soul—redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me.Psalm 69:19Thou—Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee are all mine adversaries.Psalm 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.Psalm 69:21And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.Psalm 74:7They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,Psalm 74:8They said in their hearts, ‘Let us oppress them together,’ They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.Psalm 94:5Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.Psalm 109:25And I—I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.Psalm 119:51The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.Psalm 119:61Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.Psalm 119:69Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.Psalm 119:78Ashamed are the proud, For with falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.Psalm 119:85The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.