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The LORD Is on My Side

Psalms 118:11

In 11 translations

BSB
They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
KJV
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
WEB
They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off.
ASV
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
LSV
They have surrounded me, || Indeed, they have surrounded me, || In the Name of YHWH I surely cut them off.
YLT
They have compassed me about, Yea, they have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.
DBY
They encompassed me, yea, encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.
DRC117:11
Surrounding me they compassed me about: and in the name of the Lord I have been revenged on them.
GNV
They haue compassed mee, yea, they haue compassed mee: but in the Name of the Lord I shall destroy them.
JPS
They compass me about, yea, they compass me about; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
LXXE117:11
They completely compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
סַבּ֥וּנִי גַם־סְבָב֑וּנִי בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲמִילַֽם׃
LXX-Br117:11
Κυκλώσαντες ἐκύκλωσάν με, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου ἠμυνάμην αὐτούς·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 88:17All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
  • Psalms 22:12–16Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts…
  • 1 Samuel 23:26Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
  • 1 Chronicles 19:10When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.

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  • 117:11 in some Bibles
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