Like bees they compass'd me about; like unto thorns that flame They quenched are: for them shall I destroy in God's own name.
Psalm 27:2 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) When as mine enemies and foes, most wicked persons all, To eat my flesh against me rose, they stumbled and did fall. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, They stumbled and fell. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. American Standard Version (1901) When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. Common English Bible When evildoers come at me trying to eat me up— it’s they, my foes and my enemies, who stumble and fall! Catholic Public Domain Version Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple. |
Like bees they compass'd me about; like unto thorns that flame They quenched are: for them shall I destroy in God's own name.
These workers of iniquity do they not know at all, That they my people eat as bread, and on God do not call?
For dogs have compass'd me about: the wicked, that did meet In their assembly, me inclos'd; they pierc'd my hands and feet.
Arise, O Lord; save me, my God; for thou my foes hast stroke All on the cheek-bone, and the teeth of wicked men hast broke.
These workers of iniquity, do they not know at all, That they my people eat as bread, and on God do not call?