Quotes about Conflict

By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.

Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.

“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.