Psalm 143:3
For the enemy has persecuted me. He has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
Psalm 88:4-6
I am numbered with those who go into the pit. I am like a man without any strength.
2 Samuel 2:22
Abner spoke again to Asahel: If you do not turn back, I will have to kill you! Then I could never face your brother Joab again.
2 Samuel 18:11
What! You saw what? Joab said. Why did you not strike him to the ground? Then I would have felt obligated to give you four ounces of silver and a belt.
Psalm 7:1-2
([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah my God, in you I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,
Psalm 7:5
then let the enemy pursue and overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and lay me in the dust.
Psalm 17:9-13
Hide me from wicked people who violently attack me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.
Psalm 31:12-13
I have faded from memory as if I were dead and have become like a piece of broken pottery.
Psalm 35:4
Let those who seek my life be put to shame and disgraced. Let those who plan my downfall be turned back in confusion.
Psalm 54:3
For strangers have risen up against me. And oppressors seek after my life. They have not kept God in their presence.
Psalm 142:6
Pay attention to my cry for help! I am very weak. Rescue me from those who pursue me because they are too strong for me.
Lamentations 3:6
He kept me in dark places, like those who have been dead a long time.
Ezekiel 37:11
Jehovah also said: Son of man, all the people of Israel are like these bones. The people say: Our bones are dry, and our hope has vanished. We are completely destroyed.