Psalms 17:11
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
In Context
10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:2Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
Psalms 88:17They came around me daily like water; they encompassed me together.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 17:9-15
Prayer for Protecting Mercy; Character of David's Enemies. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O Lord , disappoint him,… Read the whole commentary →