American Standard Version
"They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to castusdown to the earth. "
— Psalms 17:11, American Standard Version
“They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;”
“They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.”
“They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.”
“And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.”
“They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;”
“They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;”
Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.
They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to castusdown to the earth.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is inthislife, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.