Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.
Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the Lord has spoken to him.
The Lord approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.
Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me. You oppose my angry enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
O Lord, rescue me from wicked men! Protect me from violent men,
A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.
O Lord, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.
Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.
He delivers me from my enemies; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men.
Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.
When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.
But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me.
They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.
Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.
I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.
The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.
But they persisted in saying, “He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”