Quotes about Persecution
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalm 35:7
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
- Psalm 35:11
Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- Psalm 35:16
They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
- Psalm 35:21
Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
- Psalm 37:32
Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
- Psalm 38:19
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites went to Saul and said, “Is David not hiding among us?” Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!
- Psalm 54:1
For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
- Psalm 54:3
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
- Psalm 56:1
All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
- Psalm 56:5
They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
- Psalm 56:6
But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.
- Psalm 63:9