Psalms 17:9
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
KJV
Ascendit fumus in ira ejus, et ignis a facie ejus exarsit ; carbones succensi sunt ab eo.
Vulgate
ἀνέβη καπνὸς ἐν ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πῦρ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ κατεφλόγισεν, ἄνθρακες ἀνήφθησαν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.
ASV
מִ/פְּנֵ֣י רְ֭שָׁעִים ז֣וּ שַׁדּ֑וּ/נִי אֹיְבַ֥/י בְּ֝/נֶ֗פֶשׁ יַקִּ֥יפוּ עָלָֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ז֥וּ
zv
particle · 15×
י
y
verb · 282×
י
y
noun · 752×
מַקִּפִ֥ים
mqpym
verb · 19×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שֻׁדַּ֖ד
shdd
verb · 58×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Wonderful indeed were the things in the Temple, the Holy of Holies; and again awful were those things also that were done at Mount Sina, the fire, the darkness, the blackness, the tempest. cf. Deuteronomy 33:2 For, it says, God appeared in Sina, and long ago were these things celebrated. The New Covenant, however, was not given with any of these things, but has been given in…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 23:26 — And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men roun
- Ps 35:4 — Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
- Ps 35:7 — For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
- Ps 124:6 — Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
- Ps 143:3 — For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.