Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



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.

"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."


For evils without number have encompassed me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.

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.



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.


Thus says Yahweh, the redeemer of Israel, his holy one, to the one who despises life, to the one who abhors [the] nation, to [the] slave of rulers: "Kings shall see and stand up; princes, and they shall bow down, for the sake of Yahweh, who [is] faithful, the holy one of Israel, and he has chosen you."

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 even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."

Save me, O God, because waters have come up to [my] neck. I sink in [the] mud of the deep, and there is no foothold. I have come to watery depths, and [the] torrent floods over me. I am weary with my calling [out]; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted [in my] waiting for my God. read more.
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. O God, {you yourself know} my foolishness, and my guilty deeds are not hidden from you. Let those who wait for you not be put to shame because of me, O Lord Yahweh [of] hosts. Let those who seek you not be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel. Because on account of you I have borne reproach; disgrace has covered my face. I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons, because the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.