or have wronged my ally, ¹  or helped his lawless enemy, ² 

before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me. ¹ 

The last enemy to be eliminated is death.

The Lord brought ¹  against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

Why do you hide your face ¹  and regard me as your enemy?

“May my enemy be like the wicked, ¹  my adversary ²  like the unrighteous. ³ 

If ¹  I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy ²  or exulted ³  because calamity ⁴  found him –

¹ Yet God ²  finds occasions ³  with me; he regards me as his enemy!

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile. ¹ 

Indeed, ¹  you are ²  my shelter, a strong tower that protects me from the enemy. ³ 

How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Remember how ¹  the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, ²  and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

They did not remember what he had done, ¹  how he delivered them from the enemy, ² 

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile. ¹ 

Faithful ¹  are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses ²  of an enemy are excessive. ³ 

But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ ¹  and ‘hate your enemy.’

But I say to you, love your enemy and ¹  pray for those who persecute you,

So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? ¹ 

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. ¹