The King James Version Bible

Psalms 55:3

Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

Cross References

  1. And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
  2. And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
  3. And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
  4. For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
  5. From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
  6. Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
  7. False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
  8. For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
  9. Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
  10. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
  11. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.
  12. Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;