Psalms 118:11 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 118:11

They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

BSB

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ASV

They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

KJV

They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

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Commentary

2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 5 (1878)

They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about. He had such a vivid recollection of his danger that his enemies seem to live again in his verses. We see their fierce array, and their cruel combination of forces. They made a double ring, they surrounded him in a circle of many ranks, they not only talked of doing so, but they actually shut him up and enclosed him as within a wall.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

David says this as a type of Christ, who triumphed over the powers of darkness, destroyed them, and made a show of them openly. [3.] He triumphs in an assurance of the continuance of his comfort, his victory, and his life.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
סַבּ֥וּנִי	sa.Bu.ni	they surrounded me	H5437 →
גַם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
סְבָב֑וּנִי	se.va.Vu.ni	they surrounded me	H5437 →
בְּשֵׁ֥ם	be.Shem	in [the] name of	H8034 →
יְ֝הוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
אֲמִילַֽם׃	'a.mi.Lam	I fended off them	H4135 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 88:17
All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
leads to
- Psalms 22:16
  For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
- Psalms 69:1–2
  Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
- Psalms 116:3
  The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
Through
1 Samuel 23:26
Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on…
leads to
- Psalms 17:9
  from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
- Psalms 118:11–13
  They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
- 2 Chronicles 20:12
  Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
- Psalms 17:11
  They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
- 1 Samuel 19:12
  So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms