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.
Psalm 35:15 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) But in my trouble they rejoic'd, gath'ring themselves together; Yea, abjects vile together did themselves against me gather: I knew it not; they did me tear, and quiet would not be. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: Yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But in my stumbling and limping they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; the smiters (slanderers and revilers) gathered against me, and I knew them not; they ceased not to slander and revile me. American Standard Version (1901) But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; They did tear me, and ceased not: Common English Bible But when I stumbled, they celebrated and gathered together— they gathered together against me! Strangers I didn’t know tore me to pieces and wouldn’t quit. |
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.
Let ruin seize him unawares; his net he hid withal Himself let catch; and in the same destruction let him fall.
Mischief, say they, cleaves fast to him; he li'th, and shall not rise.
My soul among fierce lions is, I firebrands live among, Men's sons, whose teeth are spears and darts, a sharp sword is their tongue.
The men that in the gate do sit against me evil spake; They also that vile drunkards were of me their song did make.
Lest that the enemy my soul should, like a lion, tear, In pieces rending it, while there is no deliverer.