The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright. Cross References Psalm 11:2 For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart. Psalm 17:11 They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground, Psalm 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs. Psalm 35:10 All my bones will exclaim, "Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?" Psalm 37:32 Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them, Psalm 86:1 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Psalm 109:16 For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death. Lamentations 2:4 He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion. Treasury of Scripture The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. wicked Psalm 64:2-6 Acts 12:2,3,11,23 slay 1 Samuel 24:11,17 Proverbs 29:10,27 Habakkuk 1:13 such as [heb. |