Verse 9
From the wicked that oppress me ,.... Or "waste" or "destroy" F7 זו שדוני "quid vastant", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "qui vastaverunt", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Michaelis. ; as wild beasts do a field or vineyard when they get into it; and such havoc do persecutors and false teachers make of the church and people of God, when they are suffered to get in among them, Psalm 80:13 ; wherefore from such wicked and unreasonable men protection is desired, 2 Thessalonians 3:2 ;
from my deadly enemies ; enemies against his soul or life, who sought to take it away, nothing would satisfy them but this;
who compass me about ; on all sides, in order to obtain their desire; such were the enemies of Christ, and so they are described, Psalm 22:12 .
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