11 They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
Psalms 17:11
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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.
Lamentations 4:17–19
17 All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us. 18 They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come! 19 …
Lamentations 5:4–6
4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price. 5 We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest. 6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
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.
1 Maccabees 3:19–21
19 for victory in battle stands not in the multitude of an army, but strength is from heaven. (WEB) 20 They come to us in fullness of insolence and lawlessness, to destroy us and our wives and our children, and to plunder us, (WEB) 21 but we fight for our lives and our laws. (WEB)
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 of Solomon 15:8–10
8 But they shall pursue sinners and overtake them, And they that do lawlessness shall not escape the judgement of God; (PSS) 9 As by enemies experienced in war shall they be overtaken, For the mark of destruction is upon their forehead. (PSS) 10 And the inheritance of sinners is… (PSS)
Odes of Solomon 28:10–12
10 Because I did good to every man I was hated, (ODE) 11 And they came round me like mad dogs, who ignorantly attack their masters, (ODE) 12 For their thought is corrupt and their understanding perverted. (ODE)
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