Psalms 27:2
When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Job 19:22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Psalms 3:7(3-8) Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God; for Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek, Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Psalms 14:4'Shall not all the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD?'
Psalms 18:38(18-39) I have smitten them through, so that they are not able to rise; they are fallen under my feet.
Psalms 53:4(53-5) 'Shall not the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon God?'
Psalms 118:12They compass me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 27:2-7
Devout Confidence; Encouragement in Prayers. 1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all… Read the whole commentary →