New Revised Standard Version
Those who were my enemies without cause have hunted me like a bird;

Contemporary English Version
No one had reason to hate me, but I was hunted down like a bird.

New American Bible
Without cause, my enemies snared me as though I were a bird;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause.

Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause.

chased

Jeremiah 37:15,16 So Jeremiah went into the house of the prison, and into the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained there many days. . . .

Jeremiah 38:4-6 And the princes said to the king. We beseech thee that this man may be put to death: for on purpose he weakeneth the hands of the men of war, that remain in this city, and the hands of the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man seeketh not peace to this people, but evil. . . .

without

1 Samuel 24:10-15 Behold this day thy eyes have seen, that the Lord hath delivered thee into my hand, in the cave, and I had a thought to kill thee, but my eye hath spared thee. For I said: I will not put out my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed. . . .

1 Samuel 25:28,29 Forgive the iniquity of thy handmaid: for the Lord will surely make for my lord a faithful house, because thou, my lord, fightest the battles of the Lord: let not evil therefore be found in thee all the days of thy life. . . .

1 Samuel 26:18-20 And he said: Wherefore doth my lord persecute his servant? What have I done? or what evil is there in my hand? . . .

Psalm 35:7,19 For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction: without cause they have upbraided my soul. . . .

Psalm 69:4 They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.

Psalm 109:3 They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues; and they have compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me without cause.

Psalm 119:161 Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.

Jeremiah 37:18 Where are your prophets that prophesied to you, and said: The king of Babylon shall not come against you, and against this land?

John 15:25 But that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law: they hated me without cause.