10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within. 11 Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets. 12 For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
Psalms 55:10–12
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Psalms 74:22–23
22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long. 23 Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
Psalms 56:4–6
4 In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 5 All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise. 6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
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.
Romans 3:15–17
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 ruin and misery lie in their wake, 17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
Psalms 83:2–4
2 See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads. 3 With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish, 4 saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
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 of Solomon 15:8–10
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Sirach 6:8–10
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