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

1Yhwh is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yhwh is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 4One thing have I desired of Yhwh, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of Yhwh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yhwh, and to enquire in his temple.

Psalms 27:2 word by word

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

• 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 Yhwh; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
• Psalms 18:4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
• Psalms 22:16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
• Psalms 62:3How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
• Psalms 14:4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon Yhwh.
• Psalms 53:4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
• Job 19:22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
• Job 31:31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
• Psalms 18:38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
• Psalms 118:12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of Yhwh I will destroy them.
• Isaiah 8:15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
• John 18:3Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches 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