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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.

Context of Psalms 27:2

1The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. 3Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident. 4One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek 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 3:7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
• Psalms 18:4The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
• Psalms 22:16Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.
• Psalms 62:3How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
• Psalms 14:4Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the Lord.
• Psalms 53:4Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on God.
• Job 19:22Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
• Job 31:31if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’—
• Psalms 18:38I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
• Psalms 118:12They swarmed around me like bees, but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
• Isaiah 8:15Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured.”
• John 18:3So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons.

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

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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