Psa 55:3, Ecc 4:1, Lam 5:1-16 | ESV | STEP | because of the noise of the enemy , because of the oppression of the wicked . For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

v[See ver. 12 above]

x[See ver. 14 above]

Psalms 55:3

3 because of the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they ^adrop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Evil Under the Sun

1 ^bAgain I ^csaw all ^dthe oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had ^eno one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Lamentations 5:1-16

Restore Us to Yourself, O Lord

1 ^fRemember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
look, and see ^gour disgrace!
2 ^hOur inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans, fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.
4 We must pay for the water we drink;
the wood we get must be bought.
5 ⁱOur pursuers are at our necks; ^{▼▼Symmachus With a yoke on our necks}
we are weary; we are given no rest.
6 We have given the hand to ^kEgypt, and to ^lAssyria,
to get bread enough.
7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
^mand we bear their iniquities.
8 ⁿSlaves rule over us;
there is none to deliver us from their hand.
9 ^oWe get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 ^pOur skin is hot as an oven
with ^qthe burning heat of famine.
11 Women are raped in Zion,
young women in the towns of Judah.
12 ^rPrinces are hung up by their hands;
^sno respect is shown to the elders.
13 Young men are compelled to ^tgrind at the mill,
and boys stagger ^uunder loads of wood.
14 ^vThe old men have left the city gate,
the young men ^wtheir music.
15 ^xThe joy of our hearts has ceased;
^your dancing has been turned to mourning.
16 ^zThe crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!