They surrounded me like bees.
They are quenched like the burning thorns.
In the LORD’s name I cut them off.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 118:12 in context
Psalms 118:9–15
9
It is better to take refuge in the LORD,
than to put confidence in princes.
10
All the nations surrounded me,
but in the LORD’s name I cut them off.
11
They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me.
In the LORD’s name I indeed cut them off.
12
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They surrounded me like bees.
They are quenched like the burning thorns.
In the LORD’s name I cut them off.
13
You pushed me back hard, to make me fall,
but the LORD helped me.
14
The LORD is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
15
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous.
“The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
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