He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me!
All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?”
He has torn me in his wrath and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore? O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you. Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, O Lord God of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face. I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's sons.
But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
The Lord is on my side as my helper; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.
Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.
You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed. They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
Be gracious to me, O Lord! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
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