When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
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Gill's Exposition
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me,.... They are wicked men, men of malignant spirits, and evildoers, who are the enemies and foes of the people of God, and who hate them…
Barnes' Notes
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me - This refers, doubtless, to some particular period of his past life when he was in very great danger, and when God interposed to save him.…
We may observe here,
I. With what a lively faith David triumphs in God, glories in his holy name, and in the interest he had in him. 1. The Lord is my light. David's subjects called him the light of…
Cambridge Bible
When evil-doers came near against me to eat my flesh,
Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
This may refer to past experience, or it may be a confident anticipation of the…
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