From the wicked that oppress me, from mine enemies, which compass me round about for [a]my soul.

10 They are enclosed in their own [b]fat, and they have spoken proudly with their mouth.

11 They have compassed us now in our steps: they have set their eyes to bring down to the ground:

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 17:9 For their cruelty cannot be satisfied but with my death.
  2. Psalm 17:10 They are puffed up with pride, as the stomach that is choked with fat.

from the wicked who are out to destroy me,
    from my mortal enemies who surround me.(A)

10 They close up their callous hearts,(B)
    and their mouths speak with arrogance.(C)
11 They have tracked me down, they now surround me,(D)
    with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.

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