King James Version
Psalms 17:11 in the King James Version says “They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;”
Psalms 17:11 · KJV
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. oppress: Heb. waste my: Heb. my enemies against the soul
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Like: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin lurking: Heb. sitting
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: disappoint: Heb. prevent his face which is: or, by
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They have now compassed”
H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
“their eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“bowing down”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
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