Psalms 27:2
When the wicked came upon me to devour me, Even my persecutors and enemies, they stumbled and fell.
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Job 19:22Why do ye persecute me like God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! For thou smitest the cheek of all my enemies; Thou breakest the teeth of the wicked.
Psalms 14:4Shall not the evil-doers be requited, Who devour my people like bread, And call not upon Jehovah?
Psalms 18:38I smote them, so that they could not rise; They fell under my feet.
Psalms 53:4Shall not the evil-doers be requited, Who eat up my people like bread, And call not upon God?
Psalms 118:12They beset me around like bees; They were quenched like the fire of thorns, For in the name of the LORD I destroyed them.
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 →