Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Bible References

The enemy

Psalm 7:1
Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
Psalm 17:9
from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.
Psalm 35:4
Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
Psalm 54:3
For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.
Psalm 142:6
Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.

Smitten

Psalm 7:5
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
2 Samuel 2:22
Abner said again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?"
2 Samuel 18:11
Joab said to the man who told him, "Behold, you saw it, and why didn't you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver, and a sash."

Made me

Psalm 31:12
I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
Psalm 88:4
I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.