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 is my light and my salvation— so why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble? When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. 3Though a mighty army surrounds me, my heart will not be afraid. Even if I am attacked, I will remain confident. 4The one thing I ask of the Lord— the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating 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, O Lord! Rescue me, my God! Slap all my enemies in the face! Shatter the teeth of the wicked!
• Psalms 18:4The ropes of death entangled me; floods of destruction swept over me.
• Psalms 22:16My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
• Psalms 62:3So many enemies against one man— all of them trying to kill me. To them I’m just a broken-down wall or a tottering fence.
• Psalms 14:4Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.
• Psalms 53:4Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying to God.
• Job 19:22Must you also persecute me, like God does? Haven’t you chewed me up enough?
• Job 31:31“My servants have never said, ‘He let others go hungry.’
• Psalms 18:38I struck them down so they could not get up; they fell beneath my feet.
• Psalms 118:12They swarmed around me like bees; they blazed against me like a crackling fire. But I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.
• Isaiah 8:15Many will stumble and fall, never to rise again. They will be snared and captured.”
• John 18:3The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to accompany him. Now with blazing torches, lanterns, and weapons, they arrived at the olive grove.

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