King James Version
Psalms 17:9 in the King James Version says “From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. oppress: Heb. waste my: Heb. my enemies a...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. oppress: Heb. waste my: Heb. my enemies against the soul”
Psalms 17:9 · KJV
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. by thy: or, them which trust in thee from those that rise up against thy right hand
Keep me as the apple of the eye , hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“From”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“oppress”
H7703properly, to be burly, i.e., (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
“me from my deadly”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“who compass me about”
H5362to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e., surround or circulate
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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