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.
And Absalom said unto him, See, your matters are good and right; but there is no man appointed of the king to hear you.
And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that sneers at him.
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who surround me.
Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Saying, God has forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;