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You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
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Besieged by God's Presence
Commentators overwhelmingly explain that being 'beset behind and before' is like being in a city under siege or a prisoner under arrest. The psalmist feels completely surrounded by God's presence, highlighting the truth that there is no place we can go and nothing we can do that is outside of God's awareness and reach.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thou hast beset me behind and before - The word rendered “beset”—צור tsûr—means properly to press, to press upon,…
19th Century
Anglican
Beset — as a beleaguered city from which there is no escape.
Baptist
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
I am like a prisoner, with guards before me and behind me, and t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have beset me behind and before Are on every side of me, all around me, like one besieged in a strait place; so …
God has perfect knowledge of us, and all our thoughts and actions are open before Him. It is more profitable to meditate on Divine truths, applying…
