12 The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
Job 30:12
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Job 19:11–13
11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies. 12 His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent. 13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Psalms 109:2–4
2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. 3 They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Jeremiah 18:21–23
21 Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle. 22 Let a cry be heard from their ho…
Psalms 38:11–13
11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance. 12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long. 13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mout…
Psalms 71:9–11
9 Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. 10 For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire, 11 saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
Job 17:1–3
1 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me. 2 Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion. 3 Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
Psalms 17:10–12
10 They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance. 11 They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground, 12 like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
Psalms 56:5–7
5 All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise. 6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life. 7 In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
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