Psalm 55:3
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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.at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
In other translations
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.at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
Hebrew words
מִקּוֹלmikolfrom [the] sound ofH6963אוֹיֵב'oyevan enemyH341מִפְּנֵיmipenei<from> because ofH6440עָקַת'akat[the] pressure ofH6125רָשָׁעrasha'[the] wickedH7563כִּי־ki-forH3588יָמִיטוּyamituthey dropH4131עָלַי'alaion meH5921אָוֶן'avenwickednessH205וּבְאַףuve'afand in angerH639יִשְׂטְמוּנִי׃yistemunithey are hostile to meH7852
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
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- Psalm 27:12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
- Psalm 71:11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
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- 2 Samuel 15:3And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
- 2 Samuel 19:19And 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.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.
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