I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.
- BSB I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
- NKJV I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me all around.
- NASB I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me all around.
- NLT I am not afraid of ten thousand enemies who surround me on every side.
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Quick answer
Because God sustains him, David will not fear even tens of thousands of enemies. Faith in God overcomes the fear of overwhelming odds.
Overview
David's restored confidence enables him to face vast hostile numbers without terror. The point is not bravado but faith: the Lord's protection makes the size of the threat irrelevant. This courage flows from God's presence and prefigures the believer's boldness in Christ, who assures us that if God is for us, none can ultimately stand against us (Romans 8:31).
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Cross-references · 9
- Rom 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
- Ps 118:10–12All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
- Ps 27:1–3The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Ps 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
- 2 Kgs 6:15–17And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
- Ps 46:7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- 2 Sam 18:7Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
- Ps 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
- Ps 46:2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
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