EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Psalms 118:10
10All the nations were ready to attack me, but I turned them away by the power of the Lord.
Psalms 118:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.
- New International Version (NIV)All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
- English Standard Version (ESV)All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
- New King James Version (NKJV)All nations surrounded me, But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
Context of Psalms 118:10
8It is better to go to the Lord to keep you safe, than to trust in people. 9It is better to trust the Lord to keep you safe, than to trust even in important people. All the nations were ready to attack me, but I turned them away by the power of the Lord. 11Yes, they were all round me, ready to attack, but I won against them in the name of the Lord. 12They were all round me like a cloud of bees! But they were like a fire in a thorn bush that burns quickly and has soon gone. I turned them away by the power of the Lord.
Read all of Psalms 118Psalms 118:10 word by word
כָּל־גּוֹיִ֥ם סְבָב֑וּנִי בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲמִילַֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 118:10
- 2 Samuel 5:1All Israel's tribes came to David at Hebron. They said, ‘We all belong to the same family as you do.
- 2 Samuel 8:1Some time later, David attacked the Philistines, and he won the fight against them. He now had power over them and over their towns.
- 2 Samuel 10:1Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died. His son Hanun became the new king.
- Zechariah 12:3There will be a time when all the countries of the earth will be ready to attack Jerusalem. Then I will make Jerusalem like a heavy rock that nobody can move. All those who try to lift it will hurt themselves very badly.
- Zechariah 14:1There will be a day when your enemies will take away everything. They will take away everything that is yours. They will each have some of your things.
- Revelation 19:19Then I saw the wild animal and the kings of the earth and their armies. They had come together to fight a war. They were ready to fight a battle against the man who rode on the white horse and his army.
- Revelation 20:8Satan will then go and deceive people in nations everywhere in the world. He will make them believe him. Those nations are God's enemies, Gog and Magog. Satan will bring them together to fight a war against God's people. Satan's army has many people, as much as the sand on the shore of the sea.
Commentaries on Psalms 118:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10All nations compassed me about - This is by some supposed to relate to David, at the commencement of his reign, when all the neighboring Philistine nations endeavored to prevent him from establishing himself in the kingdom. Others suppose it may refer to the Samaritans, Idumeans, Ammonites, and others, who endeavored to prevent the Jews from rebuilding their city and their temple after their return from captivity in Babylon. But in the name of the Lord…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10All nations compassed me about - They surrounded me; they hemmed me in on every side, so that I seemed to have no chance to escape. It would seem from this that the psalm was composed by someone who was at the head of the government, and whose government had been attacked by surrounding nations. This would accord well with many things that occurred in the life of David; but there were also other times in the Jewish history to which it would be applicable…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12Strength comes from the name of the LORD. This is shown by the threefold repetition of the attackers, the name of the LORD, and the victory he gives. Even when hostile people surrounded the psalmist, the Lord extinguished them like burning thorns (see Isaiah 9:18; 10:17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. Though as numerous and irritating as bees [Psa 118:12], by God's help his enemies would be destroyed.Read the comment
Topics related to Psalms 118:10
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 118
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
EasyEnglish Bible 2018 — Copyright © MissionAssist 2018
Commentaries