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All the nations surrounded me, But in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off.
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Victory Against All Odds
Commentators note the psalmist felt surrounded by "all nations," facing impossible odds. John Calvin suggests this emphasizes a situation where the whole world seems hostile, leaving no earthly escape. The verse's purpose is to show that even when human help is gone, God's power alone is more than sufficient to grant a complete victory, offering hope to believers in overwhelming circumstances.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
All nations compassed me about - They surrounded me; they hemmed me in on every side, so that I seemed to have no chance to escape.…
19th Century
Baptist
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
This may apply to David, but it applied better to C…
16th Century
Protestant
All nations compassed me. In these verses, he relates the wonderful deliverance he had received, so that all might know that it was not of…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
All nations compassed me about
Not all the nations of the world, but all the neighbouring nations about Judea; as the Philis…
The account the psalmist here gives of his troubles is very applicable to Christ: many hated him without a cause; indeed, the Lord himself chastene…
