Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.


All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.

For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,

My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer. read more.
They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say, many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.