¶All nations surrounded me; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off.
- KJV All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
- BSB All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
- NKJV All nations surrounded me, But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
- NLT Though hostile nations surrounded me, I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.
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Quick answer
Though all nations surrounded him, in the Lord's name he cut them off. It matters because victory comes through God's power, not human strength.
Overview
The psalmist, perhaps a king speaking for Israel, recounts overwhelming opposition overcome only by calling on Yahweh's name. Triumph is credited to God, not to military might. This points to Christ, who through apparent defeat won the decisive victory over all hostile powers for his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 88:17They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
- Rev 20:8–9and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
- Zech 14:1–3Behold, a day of Yahweh comes, when your plunder will be divided within you.
- 2 Sam 10:1–19After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Sam 8:1–18After this, David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.
- Ps 18:40You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
- Zech 12:3It will happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.
- 2 Sam 5:1–25Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
- Rev 19:19–21I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army.
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Christ at the center
The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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