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 56:4–6
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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 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 83:2–4
2 See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads. 3 With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish, 4 saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
Psalms 31:12–14
12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel. 13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life. 14 But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
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.
Psalms 41:6–8
6 My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. 7 All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me: 8 “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
Lamentations 3:59–61
59 You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause! 60 You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me. 61 O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
Psalms 59:2–4
2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed. 3 See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD. 4 For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and…
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