Psalm 38:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

All who want me dead set traps to catch me, and those who want to harm and destroy me plan and plot all day.

Cross References

Psalm 35:20

They say hurtful things, and they lie to people who want to live in peace.

Psalm 140:5

Those proud people have hidden traps and nets to catch me as I walk.

Psalm 141:9

Protect me from the traps of those violent people,

Psalm 35:4

Let all who want to kill me be disgraced and put to shame. Chase away and confuse all who plan to harm me.

Psalm 119:110

Some merciless people are trying to trap me, but I never turn my back on your teachings.

Psalm 54:3

Cruel strangers have attacked and want me dead. Not one of them cares about you.

Psalm 10:9

They are hungry lions hiding in the bushes, hoping to catch some helpless passerby. They trap the poor in nets and drag them away.

Job 19:13

God has turned relatives and friends against me,

Psalm 31:12

I am completely forgotten like someone dead. I am merely a broken dish.

Psalm 41:5

My vicious enemies ask me, “When will you die and be forgotten?”

Psalm 69:9

My love for your house burns in me like a fire, and when others insult you, they insulted me as well.

Psalm 88:9

and I am almost blind because of my sorrow. Each day I lift my hands in prayer to you, Lord.

Proverbs 19:7

If you are poor, your own relatives reject you, and your friends are worse. When you really need them, they are not there.