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When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
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A Ferocious Attack
Commentators explain that the phrase "to eat up my flesh" is a powerful metaphor. It's not about cannibalism, but describes enemies who were as ferocious and savage as wild beasts, intending to completely and utterly destroy the psalmist. This imagery highlights the extreme danger David faced.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me - This refers, undoubtedly, to some particular period of his past life…
19th Century
Anglican
When ... —Literally, In the coming against me (of) the wicked to devour my flesh — my enemies and m…
Baptist
When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
They were very fierce. Like …
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16th Century
Protestant
When the wicked, etc. There is no reason for translating this sentence, as some interpreters do, into the future tense. But while we reta…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When the wicked, [even] my enemies and my foes, came upon me They are wicked men, men…
The Lord, who is the believer's light, is the strength of his life; not only by whom, but in whom he lives and moves. In God let us strengthen ours…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Now that he has prayed, the psalmist speaks about the trust produced by that prayer, and he makes two points about this.
First, he…
