Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

Bible References

Strangers

Psalm 69:8
I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons
Psalm 86:14
God, arrogant people have attacked me;
a gang of ruthless men seeks my life.
They have no regard for You.
Job 19:13
He has removed my brothers from me;
my acquaintances have abandoned me.

Oppressors

Psalm 22:16
For dogs have surrounded me;
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalm 59:3
Lord, look! They set an ambush for me.
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.
Matthew 27:20
The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.

They have

Psalm 16:8
I keep the Lord in mind always.
Because He is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
Psalm 36:1
For the choir director. A psalm of David, the Lord’s servant.An oracle within my heart
concerning the transgression of the wicked person:
There is no dread of God before his eyes,
Psalm 53:4
Will evildoers never understand?
They consume My people as they consume bread;
they do not call on God.
John 16:3
They will do these things because they haven’t known the Father or Me.

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