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Psalms 17:9
9Protect me from wicked people who attack me, from murderous 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.
- New International Version (NIV)from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
- 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.
Context of Psalms 17:9
7Show me your unfailing love in wonderful ways. By your mighty power you rescue those who seek refuge from their enemies. 8Guard me as you would guard your own eyes. Hide me in the shadow of your wings. Protect me from wicked people who attack me, from murderous enemies who surround me. 10They are without pity. Listen to their boasting! 11They track me down and surround me, watching for the chance 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 homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won’t oppress them as they’ve done in the past,
- Psalms 7:5then let my enemies capture me. Let them trample me into the ground and drag my honor in the dust. Interlude
- Psalms 35:4Bring shame and disgrace on those trying to kill me; turn them back and humiliate those who want to harm me.
- 1 Samuel 24:11Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of the hem of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.
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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