Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Enemy » The wickedness of david's
For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
They
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];
They delight in lies.
They bless with [the words of] their mouths,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.
All day long they twist my words and say hurtful things;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully;
I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
For my enemies have spoken against me;
Those who watch for my life have consulted together,
My enemies taunt me all day long;
Those who ridicule me use my name as a curse.
For the mouths of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me; they have spoken to me and against me with lying tongues. They have compassed me about also with words of hatred and have fought against me without a cause. In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I resort to prayer. read more.
And they have rewarded and laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
And they have rewarded and laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Many a time and much have they afflicted me from my youth up -- "let Israel now say -- " Many a time and much have they afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
Fasting » Instances of » Of david » In prayer for himself and his adversaries
My knees are unsteady from fasting;
And my flesh is gaunt and without fatness.
In return for my love, they attack me,
But I am in prayer.
Ingratitude » Of man to man » David's companions to david
Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].
They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me,
Because I follow what is good.
Malicious and unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not. They reward me evil for good to my personal bereavement. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting, and I prayed with head bowed on my breast. read more.
I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother; I bowed down in sorrow, as one who bewails his mother. But in my stumbling and limping they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; the smiters (slanderers and revilers) gathered against me, and I knew them not; they ceased not to slander and revile me. Like profane mockers at feasts [making sport for the price of a cake] they gnashed at me with their teeth.
I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother; I bowed down in sorrow, as one who bewails his mother. But in my stumbling and limping they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; the smiters (slanderers and revilers) gathered against me, and I knew them not; they ceased not to slander and revile me. Like profane mockers at feasts [making sport for the price of a cake] they gnashed at me with their teeth.
In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I resort to prayer. And they have rewarded and laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Ingratitude » Should be met with » Prayer
They repay me evil for good,
To the sorrow of my soul.
In return for my love, they attack me,
But I am in prayer.