Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
but they kept shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!” A third time he said to them, “Why? What evil has he done? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.” But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”
And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.
For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them.
Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall.
who rescued me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from the man of violence.
The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah
I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king, and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace.” And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.
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