Psalms 27:2

Psalms 27:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
• New International Version (NIV)When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell.

Context of Psalms 27:2

1The Lord gives me light in my life and he makes me safe. So I am not afraid of anyone! The Lord takes care of my life. Nobody can make me afraid! Evil men are ready to attack me. They want to destroy my body. But when my enemies attack me, they trip and fall to the ground! 3Even if a whole army comes to fight against me, I will not be afraid. Even if they attack me in war, I will continue to trust God. 4There is one thing that I have asked the Lord to do for me. This is the one thing that I really want: I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life. Then I will clearly see the Lord's beauty. I will pray to him in his temple.

Psalms 27:2 word by word

בִּקְרֹ֤ב עָלַ֨י׀ מְרֵעִים֮ לֶאֱכֹ֪ל אֶת־בְּשָׂ֫רִ֥י צָרַ֣י וְאֹיְבַ֣י לִ֑י הֵ֖מָּה כָשְׁל֣וּ וְנָפָֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When the wickedרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• mine enemiesצַרtsar tsâr · enemyH6862
• and my foesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• cameקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• upon me to eat upאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• my fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• they stumbledכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• and fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307

Cross-references for Psalms 27:2

• Psalms 3:7Lord, stand up! My God, save me from my enemies! Hit all my enemies in the face. Break the teeth of those bad people.
• Psalms 18:4Death was near enough to catch me! Danger was like a river that poured over me.
• Psalms 22:16Wicked people are everywhere around me. They are ready to attack me, like a group of wild dogs. They tear apart my hands and my feet.
• Psalms 62:3How long will you all continue to attack me? I am just one man, and you want to kill me! You want to knock me down, like a weak wall or a fence that is falling down.
• Psalms 14:4Will those evil people never learn? They destroy my people, as if they are eating a meal. They never pray to the Lord.
• Psalms 53:4People who do wicked things understand nothing. They destroy my people as easily as they eat bread. They never pray to God.
• Job 19:22Do not punish me as God is punishing me. You have already caused me to suffer enough.
• Job 31:31None of the people who work in my house have ever said, “Job has not welcomed strangers into his house. He has not shared his food with them.”
• Psalms 18:38I knocked them down to the ground. They could not get up again. They fell under my feet.
• Psalms 118:12They 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.
• Isaiah 8:15Many people will fall against that rock. They will fall to the ground and it will hurt them. They will become caught in a trap.’
• John 18:3The leaders of the priests and the Pharisees sent a group of soldiers and some officers with Judas. He led these soldiers and officers to the garden. The soldiers had weapons and they carried lights.

Commentaries on Psalms 27:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2When the wicked - came upon me - Near as I appeared to you to be in danger of losing my life, I was safe enough in the hands of the Lord; and those who thought to have eaten me up, stumbled, failed of their purpose and fell; the Philistine lost his own life.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me - This refers, doubtless, to some particular period of his past life when he was in very great danger, and when God interposed to save him. The margin here is, “approached against me.” The literal rendering would be, “in the drawing near against me of the wicked to eat up my flesh.” The reference is to some period when they purposed an attack upon him, and when he was in imminent danger from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The psalmist's enemies want to take advantage of him and live off his resources (see study note on Psalm 14:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. eat ... my flesh--(Job 19:22; Psa 14:4). The allusion to wild beasts illustrates their rapacity. they stumbled--"they" is emphatic; not I, but they were destroyed.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 27:2

• Testimony
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Commentaries on Psalms 27

• 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