Psalm 38:12

New English Translation

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

Cross References

Job 19:13

“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.

Psalm 10:9

He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

Psalm 119:110

The wicked lay a trap for me, but I do not wander from your precepts.

Psalm 140:5

Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)

Psalm 141:9

Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

Psalm 31:12

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.

Psalm 35:20

For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.

Psalm 35:4

May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

Psalm 41:5

My enemies ask this cruel question about me, ‘When will he finally die and be forgotten?’

Psalm 54:3

For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah)

Psalm 69:9

Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.

Psalm 88:9

My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

Proverbs 19:7

All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him – he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.