Psalm 38:12

New International Reader's Version

Those who are trying to kill me set their traps. Those who want to harm me talk about destroying me. All day long they make their plans and tell their lies.

Cross References

Job 19:13

“God has caused my family to desert me. The people I used to know are now strangers to me.

Psalm 10:9

They hide and wait like a lion in the bushes. From their hiding places they wait to catch those who are helpless. They catch them and drag them off in their nets.

Psalm 119:110

Evil people have set a trap for me. But I haven’t wandered away from your rules.

Psalm 140:5

Proud people have hidden their traps to catch me. They have spread out their nets. They have set traps for me along my path.

Psalm 141:9

Keep me from the traps of those who do evil. Save me from the traps they have set for me.

Psalm 31:12

No one remembers me. I might as well be dead. I have become like broken pottery.

Psalm 35:20

They don’t speak words of peace. They make up false charges against those who live quietly in the land.

Psalm 35:4

Let those who are trying to kill me be brought down in dishonor. Let those who plan to destroy me be turned back in terror.

Psalm 41:5

My enemies are saying bad things about me. They say, “When will he die and his name be forgotten?”

Psalm 54:3

Enemies who are proud are attacking me. Mean people are trying to kill me. They don’t care about God.

Psalm 69:9

My great love for your house destroys me. Those who make fun of you make fun of me also.

Psalm 88:9

I’m crying so much I can’t see very well. Lord, I call out to you every day. I lift up my hands to you in prayer.

Proverbs 19:7

Poor people are avoided by their whole family. Their friends avoid them even more. The poor person runs after his friends to beg for help. But they can’t be found.