'Persecuted' in the Bible

“The [skilled] archers have bitterly attacked and provoked him;They have shot [at him] and harassed him.

And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten,And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

All of your commands are reliable. I am persecuted without cause help me!

SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

"Since my youth they have often persecuted me," let Israel repeat it,

"Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me.

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.