Psalm 55:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:3

And Absalom would say to him, See, your cause is true and right; but no man has been named by the king to give you a hearing.

2 Samuel 19:19

And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.

Psalm 12:5

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

Psalm 17:9

From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

Psalm 27:12

Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

Psalm 35:11

False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

Psalm 54:3

For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. Selah.

Psalm 71:11

Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.

Psalm 73:8

Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;