Psalm 35:19
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Cross-references
In Psalm 35:15, enemies rejoice at the psalmist's stumbling — the very situation he prays against in verse 19.
In Psalm 35:24, the psalmist repeats the plea not to let enemies gloat — reinforcing the same request within the same psalm.
In Psalm 25:2, the psalmist asks that enemies not exult over him — identical theme to the prayer here.
Psalm 119:161 says princes persecute me without a cause — echoing the psalmist's experience of groundless hatred.
In Psalm 38:16, the psalmist prays that enemies not rejoice over him when he slips — a direct parallel to the same petition here.
Psalm 38:19 repeats the exact phrase 'those who hate me without cause' — reinforcing the psalmist's complaint of wrongful enmity.
Psalm 69:4 also speaks of those who hate without cause and enemies wrongfully — nearly identical complaint, reinforcing the theme.
Psalm 109:3 says enemies fought against me without a cause — same phrase, highlighting unjust persecution.
In Psalm 13:4, the psalmist prays that his enemy not rejoice over him — a direct parallel to the same plea here.
Psalm 119:86 uses 'without cause' for persecution — same unjust hatred the psalmist faces in Psalm 35:19.
Psalm 30:1 thanks God for not letting enemies gloat — the same deliverance the psalmist prays for in Psalm 35:19.
Lamentations 3:52 uses the exact phrase 'without cause' for enemies hunting the speaker — mirroring the psalmist's complaint of being hated without cause.
John 15:25 directly quotes this verse as fulfilled in Christ — the world's hatred of Jesus is 'without cause', just as the psalmist experienced.
Proverbs 24:17 warns against gloating over an enemy's fall — the opposite of the psalmist's plea that enemies not gloat over him.
Micah 7:8 echoes the same cry 'Do not gloat over me, my enemy' — a direct parallel to the psalmist's plea.
In Luke 23:35, the rulers' mockery fulfills the pattern of enemies rejoicing over the righteous sufferer who is hated without cause.
In 1 Peter 2:19, the concept of suffering unjustly echoes David's complaint of being hated without cause, applied to Christian endurance.
In Revelation 11:10, the world's rejoicing over the slain witnesses mirrors David's fear of enemies rejoicing over him.