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. 5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Psalms 109:3–5
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Psalms 35:11–13
11 Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about. 12 They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. 13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Psalms 38:19–21
19 Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason. 20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good. 21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Psalms 102:7–9
7 I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop. 8 All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me. 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Psalms 56:4–6
4 In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 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.
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.”
Psalms 69:25–27
25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded. 27 Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.
Job 30:9–11
9 And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them. 10 They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face. 11 Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
Psalms 55:2–4
2 Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught 3 at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger. 4 My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
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