'Adversaries' in the Bible
From the wicked who despoil and deal violently with me,My deadly enemies who surround me.
Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,For false witnesses have come against me;They breathe out violence.
They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me,Because I follow what is good.
Through God we will have victory,For He will trample down our enemies.
You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor [how I am insulted];My adversaries are all before You [each one fully known].
Let those who attack my life be ashamed and consumed;Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.
Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries,The uproar of those who rise against You, which ascends continually [to Your ears].
He drove His enemies backward;He subjected them to lasting shame and dishonor.
“Then I would quickly subdue and humble their enemiesAnd turn My hand against their adversaries;
For behold, Your enemies, O Lord,For behold, Your enemies will perish;All who do evil will be scattered.
Fire goes before HimAnd burns up His adversaries on all sides.
My enemies taunt me all day long;Those who ridicule me use my name as a curse.
And the waters covered their adversaries;Not one of them was left.
With God we will do valiantly,For it is He who will trample down our enemies.
In return for my love, they attack me,But I am in prayer.
Let this be the reward of my attackers from the Lord,And of those who speak evil against my life.
Let them curse, but You bless.When adversaries arise, let them be ashamed,But let Your servant rejoice.
Let my attackers be clothed with dishonor,And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
The Lord (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His Son),“Sit at My right handUntil I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission].”
His heart is upheld, he will not fearWhile he looks [with satisfaction] on his adversaries.
My zeal has [completely] consumed me,Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,Yet I do not turn away from Your testimonies.
How blessed [happy and fortunate] is the man whose quiver is filled with them;They will not be ashamedWhen they speak with their enemies [in gatherings] at the [city] gate.