'Contending' in the Bible

He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the Israelites and because of their testing the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?"

And it cometh to pass, all the people are contending through all the tribes of Israel, saying, 'The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, yea, he himself delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines, and now he hath fled out of the land because of Absalom,

I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.'

If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

He will not always strive with us,Nor will He keep His anger forever.

Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.