Psalm 55:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ Because of the noise of the enemy, Because of the outcry of the wrong; For they bring down wickedness upon me, And in wrath they hate me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked: For they cast iniquity upon me, And in wrath they hate me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ [And I am distracted] at the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression and threats of the wicked; for they would cast trouble upon me, and in wrath they persecute me.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

Common English Bible

³ over the enemy’s noise, at the wicked person’s racket, because they bring disaster on me and harass me furiously.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ My enemies have trampled over me all day long. For those who make war against me are many.

Psalm 55:3 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:3

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2 Samuel 19:19

and said to the sovereign, “Do not let my master reckon crookedness to me, neither remember what wrong your servant did on the day that my master the sovereign left Yerushalayim, that the sovereign should take it to heart.

Psalm 12:5

“Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, I now arise,” says יהוה, “I set in safety – he pants for it.”

Psalm 17:9

From the face of the wrong who ravage me, From my deadly enemies who surround me.

Psalm 27:12

Do not give me over To the desire of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And they breathe out cruelty to me.

Psalm 35:11

Ruthless witnesses rise up; They ask me that which I knew not.

Psalm 54:3

For strangers have risen up against me, And cruel men have sought after my life; They have not set Elohim before them. Selah.

Psalm 71:11

Saying, “Elohim has forsaken him; Pursue and take him, for there is no one to deliver.”

Psalm 73:8

They mock and speak in the evil of oppression; They speak loftily.

Matthew 26:59

And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council were seeking false witness against יהושע  to put Him to death,