For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life; they have no regard for You.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of
They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.