Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible




They have set a snare for my feet, which makes me depressed. They dug a pit in front of me, but they are the ones who fell into it! Interlude

I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows whose tongues are like sharp swords.


All day long people distort what I say; all their schemes against me are for evil purposes.

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head. My persecutors are mighty, and they want to destroy me. Must I be forced to return what I did not steal?

For my enemies talk against me; those who seek to kill me plot together

My enemies revile me all day long; those who ridicule me use my name to curse.

for the mouths of wicked and deceitful people are opened against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. They surround me with hate-filled words, attacking me for no reason. Instead of receiving my love, they accuse me, though I continue in prayer. read more.
They devise evil against me instead of good, and hatred in place of my love.

"Since my youth they have often persecuted me," let Israel repeat it, "Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me. Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds."







False witnesses stepped forward and questioned me concerning things about which I knew nothing. They paid me back evil for good; my soul mourns. But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth, humbled myself with fasting, and prayed from my heart repeatedly for them. read more.
I paced about as for my friend or my brother, and fell down mourning as one weeps for one's mother. But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me attackers whom I did not know. They tore me apart and would not stop. Malicious mockers they gnashed their teeth against me.

Instead of receiving my love, they accuse me, though I continue in prayer. They devise evil against me instead of good, and hatred in place of my love.


They paid me back evil for good; my soul mourns.