10 They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
Job 16:10
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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 22:12–14
12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. 13 They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Job 30:9–11
9 And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them. 10 They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face. 11 Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
Psalms 22:6–8
6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. 7 All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: 8 “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
Psalms 35:20–22
20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land. 21 They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!” 22 O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
Lamentations 3:45–47
45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. 46 All our enemies open their mouths against us. 47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.
Psalms 35:14–16
14 I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother. 15 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing. 16 Like godless jester…
Psalms 102:7–9
7 I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop. 8 All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me. 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
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