10 For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.” 11 But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten. 12 O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
Jeremiah 20:10–12
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Jeremiah 18:22–23
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Psalms 35:23–25
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Psalms 40:13–15
13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me. 14 May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated. 15 May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
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12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel. 13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life. 14 But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
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