Psalms 27:2
When those who do evil come near me to attack me, they stumble and fall down.
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Cross References
Job 19:22Why do you cause me to suffer like God does? Why do you continue to slander [MET] me?
Psalms 3:7Yahweh, arise! My God, come and rescue me again! You insult my enemies by slapping them on their cheeks; when you strike them, you break their teeth, with the result that they cannot hurt anyone [MET].
Psalms 14:4Will those evil people never learn what God will do to punish them [RHQ]? They act violently toward Yahweh’s people while eating the food that he provides, and they never pray to Yahweh.
Psalms 18:38When I strike them, they are not able to get up again; they lie on the ground, defeated.
Psalms 53:4Will all these evil people never learn what God will do to them? They act violently toward Yahweh’s people while eating the food that he provides, and they never pray to Yahweh.
Psalms 118:12They swarmed around me like angry bees; they were like a fire that blazes strongly, but only briefly, in a thornbush, but I defeated them by the power [MTY] that Yahweh gave me.
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 →