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Psalms 38:12

Fear

10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

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BSB
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
KJV
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
WEB
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
ASV
They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
DARBY
And they that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
BLB
And those seeking my soul lay snares, and those searching out my harm speak; they ponder destruction and treachery all the day.
ÅB
De som står meg etter livet, setter snarer,
de som søker ulykken min, taler om undergang,
og hele dagen grunner de på svik.
OTB
De som søker mitt liv setter feller for meg;
Og de som søker å skade meg snakker om ødeleggelse,
Og planlegger bedrag hele dagen.
B1930
Og de som står mig efter livet, setter snarer, og de som søker min ulykke, taler om undergang, og på svik tenker de den hele dag.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 35:20

    For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:1–3

    Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

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  • Psalms 140:5

    The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

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  • Psalms 54:3

    For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

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  • Psalms 141:9

    Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

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  • Psalms 64:2–5

    Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

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  • Luke 20:19–22

    And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

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  • Psalms 35:4

    Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

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