'Persecute' in the Bible

The Lord your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who have persecuted you.

“Why do you persecute me as God does?Why are you not satisfied with my flesh (anguish)?

“If you say, ‘How shall we [continue to] persecute him?’And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find [since we claim the root of these afflictions is found in him]?’

“You have become harsh and cruel to me;With the might of Your hand You [keep me alive only to] persecute me.

O Lord my God, in You I take refuge;Save me and rescue me from all those who pursue me,

In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

My times are in Your hands;Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue and persecute me.

Draw also the spear and javelin to meet those who pursue me.Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”

Because of the voice of the enemy,Because of the pressure of the wicked;For they bring down trouble on me,And in anger they persecute me.

For they have persecuted him whom You have struck,And they tell of the pain of those whom You have pierced and wounded.

Saying, “God has abandoned him;Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]?When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

All Your commandments are faithful and trustworthy.They have persecuted me with a lie; help me [Lord]!

Those who follow after wickedness approach;They are far from Your law.

Shin.Princes persecute me without cause,But my heart stands in [reverent] awe of Your words [so I can expect You to help me].

Let those who persecute me be shamed, but as for me, protect me from shame;Let them lose courage, but let me be undaunted.Bring on them a day of tragedy,And destroy them with double destruction!