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Psalms 27:2

When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

World English Bible Classic

In The King James Version

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

In Context

1The 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?

3Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.

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Cross References

Job 19:22Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Psalms 3:7Arise, LORD! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Psalms 14:4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on the LORD?

Psalms 18:38I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.

Psalms 53:4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on God?

Psalms 118:12They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the LORD’s name I 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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