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Micah 7:8-10
My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.I must endure the LORD’s anger, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will experience firsthand his deliverance.When my enemies see this, they will be covered with shame. They say to me,“ Where is the LORD your God?” I will gloat over them. Then they will be trampled down like mud in the streets.
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Lamentations 1:5
Her foes subjugated her; her enemies are at ease. For the Lord afflicted her because of her many acts of rebellion. Her children went away captive before the enemy.ו( Vav)
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Ecclesiastes 5:17
Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.
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Psalms 42:9-10
I will pray to God, my high ridge:“ Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“ Where is your God?”
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Matthew 26:38
Then he said to them,“ My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”
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Psalms 38:17
For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.
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Jeremiah 45:3
‘ You have said,“ I feel so hopeless! For the LORD has added sorrow to my suffering. I am worn out from groaning. I can’t find any rest.”’”
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1 Samuel 18 29
Saul became even more afraid of him. Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on.
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Psalms 22:7-8
All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.They say,“ Commit yourself to the LORD! Let the LORD rescue him! Let the LORD deliver him, for he delights in him.”
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Luke 22:53
Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!”
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Job 7:12-15
Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?If I say,“ My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,”then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
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Psalms 77:2-12
In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.I said,“ I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me.”( Selah)You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.I thought about the days of old, about ancient times.I said,“ During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening.I asked,“ Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever?Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”Then I said,“ I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.I will remember the works of the LORD. Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago!I will think about all you have done; I will reflect upon your deeds!”
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Psalms 74:18
Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O LORD, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!
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Nehemiah 2:2
So the king said to me,“ Why do you appear to be depressed when you aren’t sick? What can this be other than sadness of heart?” This made me very fearful.
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Psalms 7:4-5
or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust.( Selah)
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Psalms 9:6
The enemy’s cities have been reduced to permanent ruins; you destroyed their cities; all memory of the enemies has perished.
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1 Samuel 24 19
Now if a man finds his enemy, does he send him on his way in good shape? May the LORD repay you with good this day for what you have done to me.
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Job 9:19-21
If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘ Who will summon me?’Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.
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Psalms 142:4-7
Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.I cry out to you, O LORD; I say,“ You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.Free me from prison, that I may give thanks to your name. Because of me the godly will assemble, for you will vindicate me.
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Jeremiah 8:18
Then I said,“ There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!
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Psalms 17:9
Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.
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Psalms 10:18
You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.
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Psalms 8:2
From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.
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Psalms 7:2
Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.
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Philippians 2:27
In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him– and not to him only, but also to me– so that I would not have grief on top of grief.
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Lamentations 1:9
Her menstrual flow has soiled her clothing; she did not consider the consequences of her sin. Her demise was astonishing, and there was no one to comfort her. She cried,“ Look, O Lord, on my affliction because my enemy boasts!”י( Yod)
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Psalms 123:3-4
Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.
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Psalms 74:10
How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
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Job 10:15
If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.
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Psalms 42:4
I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.
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Job 9:27-28
If I say,‘ I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.
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Psalms 116:3
The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
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Psalms 94:18-19
If I say,“ My foot is slipping,” your loyal love, O LORD, supports me.When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.
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Romans 9:2
I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
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Psalms 44:14-16
You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.All day long I feel humiliated and am overwhelmed with shame,before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me.
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Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.
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Jeremiah 15:18
Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?”
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Job 23:8-10
“ If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.
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Psalms 31:18
May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!
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Psalms 143:3-4
Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
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Esther 7:6
Esther replied,“ The oppressor and enemy is this evil Haman!” Then Haman became terrified in the presence of the king and queen.
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John 16:6
Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you.
