from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.
KJV
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
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From the wicked that oppress me,.... Or "waste" or "destroy" (g); 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,
Psa 80:13
; wherefore from such wicked and unreasonable men protection is desired,
Th2 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,
Psa 22:12
.
(g) "quid vastant", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "qui vastaverunt", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Michaelis.
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