Psalms 69:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.”
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“Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away--I bring back.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 69:4 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 6:7My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
- Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
- Psalms 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
- Psalms 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
- Psalms 38:19Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
- Psalms 40:12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
- Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
- Psalms 109:3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
- Isaiah 53:4Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
- John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
- 2 Corinthians 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 1 Peter 2:22“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
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