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Psalms 17:9
9from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
Psalms 17:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
- English Standard Version (ESV)from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)From the wicked who oppress me, From my deadly enemies who surround me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Protect me from wicked people who attack me, from murderous enemies who surround me.
Context of Psalms 17:9
7Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes. 8Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me. 10They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance. 11They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.
Read all of Psalms 17Psalms 17:9 word by word
מִפְּנֵ֣י רְ֭שָׁעִים ז֣וּ שַׁדּ֑וּנִי אֹיְבַ֥י בְּ֝נֶ֗פֶשׁ יַקִּ֥יפוּ עָלָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 17:9
- 1 Chronicles 17:9And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning
- Psalms 7:5then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.
- Psalms 35:4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay.
- 1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. See that there is nothing in my hand to indicate that I am guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life.
Commentaries on Psalms 17:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9From my deadly enemies, who compass me about - This is a metaphor taken from huntsmen, who spread themselves around a large track of forest, driving in the deer from every part of the circumference, till they are forced into the nets or traps which they have set for them in some particular narrow passage. The metaphor is carried on in the following verses.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9From the wicked that oppress me - Margin, “That waste me.” The margin expresses the sense of the Hebrew. The idea is that of being wasted, desolated, destroyed, as a city or country is by the ravages of war. The psalmist compares himself in his troubles with such a city or country. The “effect” of the persecutions which he had endured had been like cities and lands thus laid waste by fire and sword. From my deadly enemies - Margin, “My enemies against the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 Being compassed with enemies, David prays to God to keep him in safety. This prayer is a prediction that Christ would be preserved, through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation, to the glories and joys of his exalted state, and is a pattern to Christians to commit the keeping of their souls to God, trusting him to preserve them to his heavenly kingdom. Those are our worst enemies, that are enemies to our souls. They are God's…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9This prayer for God's care continues the request begun in Psalm 17:1–2 for redemption from evil.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. compass me--(compare Psa 118:10-12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 17
- 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
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