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href="/bsb/psalms/27.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/27.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/27.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When the wicked, <i>even</i> mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh, my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh, my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Brutal people may attack and try to kill me, but they will stumble. Fierce enemies may attack, but they will fall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Evildoers closed in on me to tear me to pieces. My opponents and enemies stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When evil people attack me and try to kill me, they stumble and fall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When those who practice evil, my enemies, and my oppressors come near me to devour my flesh, they stumble and fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />When evildoers come near to me to eat my flesh, "" My adversaries and my enemies to me, "" They have stumbled and fallen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In the drawing near of those doing evil to me, to eat my flesh, adversaries and enemies to me, they were weak and fell.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 26:2>Meanwhile, the guilty draw near to me, so as to eat my flesh. Those who trouble me, my enemies, have themselves been weakened and have fallen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When evildoers come at me to devour my flesh, These my enemies and foes themselves stumble and fall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When evildoers assail me to devour my flesh— my adversaries and foes— they shall stumble and fall.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When evildoers came upon me to devour me, even my enemies and those who hate me, they together stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />When the evil approached me to consume my flesh, my enemies and my haters stumbled together and fell.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />When evil-doers drew nigh against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and mine enemies, they fainted and fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/27-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=2765" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/27.htm">The LORD is My Salvation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread? <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7489.htm" title="7489: mə·rê·‘îm (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to spoil; figuratively, to make good for nothing, i.e. Bad.">When the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: biq·rōḇ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">came</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon me</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: le·’ĕ·ḵōl (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">to devour</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śā·rî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">my flesh,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="6862: ṣā·ray (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent. Or tsar; from tsarar; narrow; a tight place; also a pebble; an opponent.">my enemies</a> <a href="/hebrew/341.htm" title="341: wə·’ō·yə·ḇay (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 1cs) -- Hating, an adversary. Or owyeb; active participle of 'ayab; hating; an adversary.">and foes</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3782.htm" title="3782: ḵā·šə·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To stumble, stagger, totter. A primitive root; to totter or waver; by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall.">stumbled</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: wə·nā·p̄ā·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">and fell.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-9.htm">Exodus 15:9</a></span><br />The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-19.htm">Isaiah 59:19</a></span><br />So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22</a></span><br />Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-20.htm">Jeremiah 15:20-21</a></span><br />Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD. / I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-8.htm">Micah 7:8</a></span><br />Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/22-5.htm">2 Samuel 22:5</a></span><br />For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/3-6.htm">Psalm 3:6</a></span><br />I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/56-2.htm">Psalm 56:2</a></span><br />My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/118-12.htm">Psalm 118:12</a></span><br />They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-1.htm">Proverbs 28:1</a></span><br />The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Isaiah 41:11-12</a></span><br />Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. / You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-28.htm">Matthew 10:28</a></span><br />Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-33.htm">John 16:33</a></span><br />I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-31.htm">Romans 8:31</a></span><br />What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-9</a></span><br />We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came on me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.</p><p class="hdg">wicked</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/3-7.htm">Psalm 3:7</a></b></br> Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies <i>upon</i> the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-4.htm">Psalm 18:4</a></b></br> The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-16.htm">Psalm 22:16</a></b></br> For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.</p><p class="hdg">came upon [heb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/14-4.htm">Psalm 14:4</a></b></br> Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people <i>as</i> they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/53-4.htm">Psalm 53:4</a></b></br> Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people <i>as</i> they eat bread: they have not called upon God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22</a></b></br> Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?</p><p class="hdg">they</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-38.htm">Psalm 18:38-42</a></b></br> I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/118-12.htm">Psalm 118:12</a></b></br> They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/8-15.htm">Isaiah 8:15</a></b></br> And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/18-29.htm">Advance</a> <a href="/psalms/23-5.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/psalms/17-9.htm">Assail</a> <a href="/job/30-21.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/psalms/21-9.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/psalms/26-5.htm">Doers</a> <a href="/psalms/22-29.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/psalms/21-9.htm">End</a> <a href="/psalms/25-19.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/psalms/26-10.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/26-5.htm">Evildoers</a> <a href="/psalms/26-5.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/psalms/22-18.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/psalms/20-8.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/psalms/18-38.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/psalms/16-9.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/psalms/25-19.htm">Foes</a> <a href="/psalms/25-2.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-14.htm">Slanders</a> <a href="/psalms/9-3.htm">Stumble</a> <a href="/psalms/9-3.htm">Stumbled</a> <a href="/revelation/13-5.htm">Uttering</a> <a href="/psalms/26-10.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/30-27.htm">Advance</a> <a href="/psalms/27-12.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/psalms/55-4.htm">Assail</a> <a href="/psalms/55-18.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/psalms/28-5.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/psalms/50-3.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/psalms/33-1.htm">Doers</a> <a href="/psalms/41-9.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/psalms/30-12.htm">End</a> <a href="/psalms/27-6.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/psalms/27-5.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/34-16.htm">Evildoers</a> <a href="/psalms/36-11.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/psalms/35-8.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/psalms/36-12.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/psalms/68-14.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/psalms/38-2.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/psalms/27-11.htm">Foes</a> <a href="/psalms/27-6.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/psalms/101-5.htm">Slanders</a> <a href="/psalms/37-24.htm">Stumble</a> <a href="/psalms/73-2.htm">Stumbled</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-8.htm">Uttering</a> <a href="/psalms/28-3.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/27-1.htm">David sustains his faith by prayer</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/27.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/27.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When the wicked came upon me</b><br>This phrase reflects the reality of facing adversaries who intend harm. In the biblical context, "the wicked" often refers to those who oppose God's people and His purposes. Throughout the Psalms, David frequently encounters such adversaries, both from within Israel and from surrounding nations. This reflects the spiritual battle between good and evil, a theme prevalent throughout Scripture. The wicked are often characterized by their rebellion against God and their pursuit of unrighteousness.<p><b>to devour my flesh</b><br>The imagery of devouring flesh suggests a violent and aggressive attack, indicating the severity of the threat. This metaphor can be understood as a depiction of the total destruction the enemies intended. In ancient Near Eastern culture, such language was common to describe the intensity of conflict. This phrase also echoes the spiritual warfare believers face, as described in <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a>, where the struggle is not against flesh and blood but against spiritual forces of evil.<p><b>my enemies and foes</b><br>The repetition of "enemies and foes" emphasizes the multitude and persistence of those who oppose the psalmist. Historically, David faced numerous adversaries, including King Saul, the Philistines, and even his own son Absalom. This dual description underscores the comprehensive nature of opposition, both personal and national. It also serves as a reminder of the believer's constant need for God's protection against both seen and unseen threats.<p><b>stumbled and fell</b><br>This outcome highlights God's intervention and deliverance. The imagery of stumbling and falling suggests a sudden and unexpected defeat, often attributed to divine action. Throughout the Old Testament, God is depicted as a warrior who fights on behalf of His people, as seen in the Exodus narrative and the conquest of Canaan. This phrase can also be seen as a type of Christ's ultimate victory over sin and death, where the forces of evil are ultimately defeated. The assurance of God's protection and the eventual downfall of the wicked is a recurring theme in Scripture, providing hope and confidence to believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/27.htm">Psalm 27</a>, traditionally believed to be King David, who often faced adversaries and threats throughout his life.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>Refers to those who oppose God and His people, often characterized by their malicious intent.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies_and_foes.htm">Enemies and Foes</a></b><br>These are the adversaries of David, representing both physical and spiritual opposition.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/stumbling_and_falling.htm">Stumbling and Falling</a></b><br>This event signifies the failure and defeat of those who rise against the righteous.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_protection.htm">Trust in God's Protection</a></b><br>Just as David trusted God to protect him from his enemies, believers today can have confidence in God's ability to safeguard them from both physical and spiritual threats.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare_awareness.htm">Spiritual Warfare Awareness</a></b><br>Recognize that opposition may come in various forms, and be prepared to stand firm in faith, knowing that God causes the plans of the wicked to fail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Reflect on past instances of God's deliverance in your life as a source of encouragement and strength in current challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_the_face_of_adversity.htm">Courage in the Face of Adversity</a></b><br>Like David, face adversities with courage, knowing that God is your defender and will cause your enemies to stumble.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_for_deliverance.htm">Prayer for Deliverance</a></b><br>Regularly pray for God's deliverance from those who seek to harm you, trusting in His power to make your enemies fall.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_enemies_'stumble_and_fall'_in_battle.htm">(Psalm 27:2–3) What evidence supports the idea that enemies literally “stumble and fall,” and how does this align with actual battlefield outcomes? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_psalm_27_4.htm">What is the meaning of Psalm 27:4?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_miracle_examples.htm">What does the Bible teach about hate?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_36_1_align_with_romans_2.htm">Psalm 36:1 suggests the wicked have 'no fear of God'--how is this reconciled with other biblical texts claiming innate moral awareness (Romans 2:14-15)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">When . . .</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">In the coming against me </span>(<span class= "ital">of</span>)<span class= "ital"> the wicked to devour my flesh</span>--<span class= "ital">my enemies and my foes to me</span>--<span class= "ital">themselves stumbled and fell. </span><a href="/job/19-22.htm" title="Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?">Job 19:22</a> would allow us to understand those who eat up flesh, as a figure for calumniators and detractors; but the context marks out the situation so clearly as that of a warrior, that we rather take it as a general metaphor for savage and violent attacks. <span class= "ital">To me, </span>is an emphatic repetition--<span class= "ital">my enemies, mine.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.</span> A special occasion seems to be intended, so that the LXX. have rightly, <span class="greek">ἠσθένησαν καὶ</span> <span class="greek">ἔπεσαν</span>. Some unrecorded event in the war with Absalom before the final struggle, is probably alluded to. There is an emphasis <span class="accented">on</span> "<span class="accented">mine</span> enemies," which implies that the adversaries were not the foes of the country, but David's personal foes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/27-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When the wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">מְרֵעִים֮</span> <span class="translit">(mə·rê·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7489.htm">Strong's 7489: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּקְרֹ֤ב</span> <span class="translit">(biq·rōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon me</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלַ֨י ׀</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to devour</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶאֱכֹ֪ל</span> <span class="translit">(le·’ĕ·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my flesh,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשָׂ֫רִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·śā·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my enemies</span><br /><span class="heb">צָרַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·ray)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6862.htm">Strong's 6862: </a> </span><span class="str2">Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and foes</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֹיְבַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ō·yə·ḇay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hating, an adversary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stumbled</span><br /><span class="heb">כָשְׁל֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḵā·šə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3782.htm">Strong's 3782: </a> </span><span class="str2">To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and fell.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָפָֽלוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·p̄ā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/27-2.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 27:2 When evildoers came at me to eat (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/27-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 27:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 27:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/27-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 27:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 27:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>