22 then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.
Job 31:22
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Job 31:7–9
7 If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands, 8 then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted. 9 If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
Job 7:14–16
14 then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions, 15 so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body. 16 I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Psalms 7:1–3
1 A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers, 2 or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me. 3 O…
Ezekiel 39:2–4
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Job 6:8–10
8 If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope: 9 that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off! 10 It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Job 9:30–32
30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, 31 then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me. 32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
Psalms 68:22–24
22 The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea, 23 that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.” 24 They have seen Your procession, O God— the march of my God and King…
Romans 11:9–11
9 And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. 10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.” 11 I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not!…
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