⁹ from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me. ¹⁰ They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly. ¹¹ They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

Cross References

1 Samuel 2:3

"Talk no more so exceeding proudly. Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth, For the LORD is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

Job 15:27

because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.

Psalm 119:70

Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your Law.

Exodus 5:2

Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go."

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, 'I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the spoil. My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Psalm 12:3-4

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

Psalm 73:7-9

Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

Psalm 123:4

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed."

Matthew 13:15

for this people's heart has grown callous, and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'