5 My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
Psalms 41:5
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Psalms 109:7–9
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Psalms 25:18–20
18 Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins. 19 Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred. 20 Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.
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 35:24–26
24 Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!” 26 May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may t…
Sirach 25:13–15
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Odes of Solomon 42:4–6
4 And I became of no account to those who did not take hold of me; and I shall be with those who love me. (ODE) 5 All my persecutors are dead; and they sought after me who hoped in me, because I was alive: (ODE) 6 And I rose up and am with them; and I will speak by their mouths. (ODE)
Job 20:6–8
6 Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds, 7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’ 8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the n…
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