Sunday, February 19, 2017

Psalm 44:15-16

I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge. 

I live in disgrace all day long 
Genesis 30:23  She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, "God has taken away my disgrace."
2 Chronicles 32:21  And the LORD sent an angel who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.
Psalm 35:26  May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.

and my face is covered with shame 
Psalm 34:4-5  I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.

at the taunts 
Psalm 42:10  My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

of those who reproach and revile me 
Psalm 10:13  Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, "He won't call me to account"?
Psalm 55:2b-3  My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger.
Psalm 74:10  How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever?

because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge 
1 Samuel 18:25  ... Saul replied, "Say to David, 'The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.' " Saul's plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.
Jeremiah 11:19  I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree and its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more."
Romans 12:19  Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord. (Deuteronomy 32:35)

(parentheses are mine)

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