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His pain and sorrow over the sad condition of the people recall to his memory the persecutions and sufferings which the godly have endured. The figure, "They who without cause are mine enemies have hunted me like a bird," is an imitation of Psa 11:1. אֹיְבַי חִנָּם reminds one of שׂנְאַי , Psa 35:19 and Psa 69:5. But the prophet prefers אֹיְבַי to שׂנְאַי, lest any one should restrict the words to persecutions which arose out of personal hatred.