Tree of Life Version
Psalms 17:9
9from the wicked who attack me— my 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
7Be wonderful with Your lovingkindness, O Savior of those taking refuge at Your right hand from those rising up against them. 8Protect me like the pupil of the eye. Hide me in the shadow of Your wings, from the wicked who attack me— my enemies, who surround me. 10Their callous heart they shut tight. With their mouth they speak proudly. 11Our steps are now surrounded. They set their eyes to throw us down 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 17:9I wil establish a place for My people Israel, and plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and shall tremble no more. Violent people will no longer wear them down, as they did formerly,
- Psalms 7:5if I have paid back evil to anyone at peace with me, or unjustly attacked my adversary,
- Psalms 35:4May those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced. May they be turned back and humiliated —those who plot evil against me.
- 1 Samuel 24:11Moreover, my father, see! Yes, look at the corner of your robe in my hand! For in cutting off the corner of your robe, yet not killing you, you should know and realize that there is no evil or rebellion in my hand. I haven’t sinned against you, even though you are lying in wait for my life, to take it.
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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