at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.
And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king lef
They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safet
saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah