Psalms 27:2
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Psalms 27:2 in other translations
| BSB | When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell. |
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| WEB | When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. |
| ASV | When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. |
| YLT | When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen. |
| DARBY | When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. |
| BBE | When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame. |
| Webster | When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. |
What does Psalms 27:2 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 27:1-6
The Lord, who is the believer's light, is the strength of his life; not only by whom, but in whom he lives and moves. In God let us strengthen ourselves. The gracious presence of God, his power, his promise, his readiness to hear prayer, the witness of his Spirit in the hearts of his people; these are the secret of his tabernacle, and in these the saints find cause for that holy security and peace of mind in which…
Psalms 27:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 27:2
- Psalms 118:12
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
- Psalms 3:7
Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
- Isaiah 8:15
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
- Psalms 22:16
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- Psalms 9:3
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
- Psalms 14:4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.
- Job 19:22
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
- Psalms 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
- Psalms 18:38-42
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. …
- John 18:3-6
Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
- Psalms 53:4
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
- Psalms 62:3-4
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
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Context
- Psalms 27:1
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 27:2
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 27:3
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
Psalms 27:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando se allegaron contra mí los malignos, mis angustiadores y mis enemigos, para comer mis carnes, ellos tropezaron y cayeron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand les méchants, mes adversaires et mes ennemis, se sont approchés de moi pour dévorer ma chair, ils ont bronché et sont tombés. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als Übeltäter mir nahten, um mein Fleisch zu fressen, meine Bedränger und meine Feinde-sie strauchelten und fielen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Exaudi, Domine, vocem deprecationis meæ dum oro ad te; dum extollo manus meas ad templum sanctum tuum. |