Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Enemy » The wickedness of david's
because the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.
They have set a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me; they have fallen into the midst of it. Selah
My soul [is] among lions. I lie down [among those who] devour-- the children of humankind whose teeth [are] spears and arrows and whose tongues [are] sharp swords.
They only plan to thrust [him] down from his high position; they are pleased [with] deception. With their mouths they bless, but {inwardly} they curse. Selah
All day they twist my words; all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.
More numerous than the hairs of my head are [those] hating me without a cause. [Those who are] destroying me--my enemies wrongfully-- are mighty. What I did not steal, I then must restore.
For my enemies talk concerning me, and those who watch for my life conspire together,
All the day my enemies reproach me; those who mock me swear [oaths] against me.
for {wicked and deceitful mouths} have opened against me. They speak to me with a lying tongue. They also surround me with words of hate, and fight me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, though I [am in] prayer. read more.
So they inflicted evil against me in return for good and hatred in return for my love.
So they inflicted evil against me in return for good and hatred in return for my love.
"Too often they have attacked me from my youth." Let Israel say, "Too often they have attacked me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. On my back plowmen have plowed. They have made their furrows long."
Fasting » Instances of » Of david » In prayer for himself and his adversaries
My knees {buckle} from fasting, and my body grows lean without fat.
In return for my love they accuse me, though I [am in] prayer.
Ingratitude » Of man to man » David's companions to david
Even {my close friend}, whom I trusted, [who] ate my bread, has lifted [his] heel against me.
And those who repay evil in return for good accuse me in return for my pursuing good.
Violent witnesses rise up; they ask me [concerning] what I do not know. They repay me evil in place of good. [It is] bereavement to my soul. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth. I weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer {returned to me unanswered}. read more.
I {behaved} as [though he were] a friend [or] as a brother to me. As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down [in] mourning. But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease. Among [the] ungodly of the mockers at feasts, [they] gnashed at me with their teeth.
I {behaved} as [though he were] a friend [or] as a brother to me. As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down [in] mourning. But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease. Among [the] ungodly of the mockers at feasts, [they] gnashed at me with their teeth.
In return for my love they accuse me, though I [am in] prayer. So they inflicted evil against me in return for good and hatred in return for my love.
Ingratitude » Should be met with » Prayer
In return for my love they accuse me, though I [am in] prayer.