Psalm 27:2 - Easy To Read Version

² Evil people might attack me.\par They might try to destroy my body.\par My enemies might try to attack\par and destroy me.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² 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)

² When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

Common English Bible

² 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

² Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple.

Psalm 27:2 Cross References

Job 19:22

Why do you persecute me like God does?\par Don’t you get tired of hurting me?\par

Job 31:31

All the people in my house know that\par I have always given food to strangers.\par

Psalm 118:12

Enemies surrounded me\par like a swarm of bees.\par But, they were quickly finished\par like a fast burning bush.\par I defeated them with the Lord’s power.\par

Psalm 14:4

Bad people have destroyed my people.\par And those bad people don’t know God.\par Bad people have plenty of food to eat. {\cf2\super [76]} \par And they don’t even worship the Lord.\par

Psalm 18:4

\{My enemies were trying to kill me!\}\par The ropes of death were all around me.\par I was caught in a flood carrying me to that place of death. {\cf2\super [100]} \par

Psalm 22:16

The “dogs” are all around me.\par That pack {\cf2\super [128]} of evil people\par has trapped me.\par Like a lion, \{they have pierced\}\par my hands and my feet.” {\cf2\super [129]} \par

Psalm 3:7

Lord, get up! {\cf2\super [10]} \par My God, come rescue me!\par \{You are very strong!\}\par If you hit my bad enemies on the cheek,\par you will break all their teeth.\par

Psalm 53:4

God says,\par “Surely those evil people know the truth!\par But they don’t pray to me.\par Evil people are as ready to destroy\par my people as they are to eat food.”\par

Psalm 9:3

My enemies turned to run from you.\par But they fell and were destroyed.\par

Isaiah 8:15

(Many people will fall over this rock. Those people will fall and be broken. They will be trapped and caught.)