5 All my persecutors are dead; and they sought after me who hoped in me, because I was alive: (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 42:5
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Odes of Solomon 28:14–16
14 And I did not perish, for I was not their brother nor was my birth like theirs. (ODE) 15 And they sought for my death and did not find it: for I was older than the memorial of them; (ODE) 16 And vainly did they make attack upon me and those who, without reward, came after me: (ODE)
Psalms 63:8–10
8 My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me. 9 But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth. 10 They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
Odes of Solomon 5:3–5
3 Freely I have received thy grace, I shall live thereby: (ODE) 4 My persecutors will come and not see me: (ODE) 5 A cloud of darkness shall fall on their eyes; and an air of thick gloom shall darken them: (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 42:13–15
13 And I was not rejected though I was reckoned to be so. (ODE) 14 I did not perish, though they devised it against me. (ODE) 15 Sheol saw me and was made miserable: (ODE)
Psalms 56:1–3
1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack. 2 My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly as…
Psalms 38:18–20
18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. 19 Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason. 20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
Psalms 143:2–4
2 Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You. 3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead. 4 My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed i…
Psalms 41:10–12
10 But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them. 11 By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. 12 In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
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