Psalms 118:12 - Exposition

They compassed me about like bees ; i . e . in vast numbers, and with intense energy, and a furious desire to injure (comp. Deuteronomy 1:44 ; and the powerful description of Virgil, 'Georg.,' 4:236-238). They are quenched as the fire of thorns . Their fury dies away and goes out suddenly, like a fire kindled among thorns, which blazes up with vast heat and noise, but in a short time dies down and disappears. For in the Name of the Lord I will destroy them (see the comment on Psalms 118:11 ).