'Enemy' in the Bible

may an enemy pursue and overtake me;may he trample me to the groundand leave my honor in the dust.Selah

Because of Your adversaries,You have established a strongholdfrom the mouths of children and nursing infantsto silence the enemy and the avenger.

The enemy has come to eternal ruin;You have uprooted the cities,and the very memory of them has perished.

How long will I store up anxious concerns within me,agony in my mind every day?How long will my enemy dominate me?

My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,”and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

He rescued me from my powerful enemyand from those who hated me,for they were too strong for me.

and have not handed me over to the enemy.You have set my feet in a spacious place.

By this I know that You delight in me:my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

because of the voice of the scorner and reviler,because of the enemy and avenger.

Now it is not an enemy who insults me—otherwise I could bear it;it is not a foe who rises up against me—otherwise I could hide from him.

for You have been a refuge for me,a strong tower in the face of the enemy.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.God, hear my voice when I complain.Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

Make Your way to the everlasting ruins,to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary.

God, how long will the enemy mock?Will the foe insult Your name forever?

Remember this: the enemy has mocked Yahweh,and a foolish people has insulted Your name.

The enemy will not afflict him;no wicked man will oppress him.

He saved them from the hand of the adversary;He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

For the enemy has pursued me,crushing me to the ground,making me live in darknesslike those long dead.