Verse 52

My enemies hunted me like a bird, without cause.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life.
  • Ps 35:19 : 19 Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.
  • Ps 69:4 : 4 I am tired of calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are worn out from looking for my God.
  • Ps 109:3 : 3 They surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause.
  • Ps 119:161 : 161 Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your word.
  • Jer 37:15-16 : 15 The officials were furious with Jeremiah, and they beat him and put him in prison, in the house of Jonathan the scribe, which had been made into a prison. 16 When Jeremiah was put into the dungeon and the cells, he remained there for many days.
  • Jer 37:18 : 18 Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "What crime have I committed against you, your officials, or this people, to justify putting me in prison?
  • Jer 38:4-6 : 4 The officials said to the king, "This man must be put to death, because he is discouraging the soldiers who remain in the city and all the people by speaking these words to them. He is not seeking the welfare of this people, but only their harm." 5 King Zedekiah replied, "He is in your hands. The king can do nothing to oppose you." 6 So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
  • John 15:25 : 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'
  • 1 Sam 24:10-15 : 10 David said to Saul, 'Why do you listen to the words of men who say, "David seeks your harm"?' 11 'This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you and said, "I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the LORD’s anointed."' 12 Look, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. Know and understand that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not sinned against you, but you are hunting me down to take my life. 13 May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand will not be against you. 14 As the old proverb says, 'From evil people comes evil deeds,' so my hand will not be against you. 15 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
  • 1 Sam 25:28-29 : 28 Please forgive the offense of your servant, for the Lord will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because my lord fights the Lord’s battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone pursues you to take your life, the life of my lord will be securely bound in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.
  • 1 Sam 26:18-20 : 18 And he added, "Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong is in my hand? 19 Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed before the LORD, because they have driven me out today to prevent me from having a share in the LORD's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.' 20 Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.
  • Ps 11:1 : 1 For the director of music. Of David: I have taken refuge in the LORD. How can you say to me, "Flee like a bird to your mountain"?