Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Enemy » The wickedness of david's
For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen upon me.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have dug a pit before me, into the midst of which they are fallen themselves. Selah.
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Every day they twist my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
For my enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
My enemies reproach me all the day; and they that rail against me are sworn against me.
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. They surrounded me also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. read more.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
[A song of ascents.] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: 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 weak through fasting; and my flesh lacks fatness.
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
Ingratitude » Of man to man » David's companions to david
Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good.
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. They rewarded me evil for good to the sorrow of my soul. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom. read more.
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother. But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: With hypocritical mockers at feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother. But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: With hypocritical mockers at feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Ingratitude » Should be met with » Prayer
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.