Psalm 55:3 “at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bri…”

Psalm 55:3

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

American Standard Version

Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the voyce of the enemie, and for the vexation of ye wicked, because they haue brought iniquitie vpon me, and furiously hate me.

Darby Translation

Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.

Young's Literal Translation

Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

Bible in Basic English

I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

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Cross references

“oppression”

Psalm 12:5 Psalm 54:3 Psalm 73:8 Lamentations 3:34–36

Psalm 12:5 · BSB

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Psalm 54:3 · BSB

For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah

Psalm 73:8 · BSB

They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

Lamentations 3:34–36 · BSB

To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,

“for they”

Psalm 35:11 Psalm 27:12 2 Samuel 15:3 2 Samuel 19:19 Matthew 26:59 2 Samuel 16:7

Psalm 35:11 · BSB

Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

Psalm 27:12 · BSB

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

2 Samuel 15:3 · BSB

Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”

2 Samuel 19:19 · BSB

and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

Matthew 26:59 · BSB

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

2 Samuel 16:7 · BSB

And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!

Also

Psalm 17:9 Psalm 71:11

Psalm 17:9 · BSB

from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

Psalm 71:11 · BSB

saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught

4My heart pounds within me, and the terrors of death assail me.

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