4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. 5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Psalms 109:4–6
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Psalms 35:11–13
11 Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about. 12 They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. 13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Psalms 109:19–21
19 May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him. 20 May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. 21 But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness o…
Job 33:9–11
9 ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me. 10 Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. 11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
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 38:19–21
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. 21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Psalms 54:4–6
4 Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul. 5 He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them. 6 Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
Job 27:6–8
6 I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me. 7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust. 8 For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Psalms 7:3–5
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, 4 if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause, 5 then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
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