Psalms 118:10
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.
Psalms 118:10 in other translations
| BSB | All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. |
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| WEB | All the nations surrounded me, but in the LORD’s name I cut them off. |
| ASV | All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off. |
| YLT | All nations have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. |
| DARBY | All nations encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them. |
| BBE | All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down. |
| Webster | All nations encompassed me: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. |
What does Psalms 118:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 118:10-12
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 118:1-18
The account the psalmist here gives of his troubles is very applicable to Christ: many hated him without a cause; nay, the Lord himself chastened him sorely, bruised him, and put him to grief, that by his stripes we might be healed. God is sometimes the strength of his people, when he is not their song; they have spiritual supports, though they want spiritual delights. Whether the believer traces back his comfort to…
Psalms 118:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 118:10
- Psalms 88:17
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
- Revelation 20:8-9
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
- Psalms 18:40
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
- 2 Samuel 10:1-19
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. …
- Zechariah 14:1-3
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
- 2 Samuel 8:1-18
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts. David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. …
- Zechariah 12:3
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
- 2 Samuel 5:1-25
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. …
- Revelation 19:19-21
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
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2Sa 5:1-25; 8:1-18; 10:1-19; Zec 12:3; 14:1-3; Re 19:19-21; 20:8,9
destroy them. Heb. cut them off.
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Context
- Psalms 118:9
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.
- Psalms 118:10
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.
- Psalms 118:11
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
Psalms 118:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todas las gentes me cercaron: en nombre de Jehová, que yo los romperé. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Toutes les nations m’avaient environné; au nom de l’ Éternel, certes je les ai détruites. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Alle Nationen hatten mich umringt; gewiß, im Namen Jehovas vertilgte ich sie. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In toto corde meo exquisivi te; ne repellas me a mandatis tuis. |