See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me!
David then said to Abishai and all his officials, “My son, my own flesh and blood, is trying to kill me. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.
The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.
Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,
May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.
Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.
The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.
who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.
Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.
When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.
Many have become my enemies without cause; those who hate me without reason are numerous.
Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.
You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor.
My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.
I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts— men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God; ruthless people are trying to kill me— they have no regard for you.
and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.
But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.”