Psalms 118:12 · KJV
“They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. {destroy: Heb. cut down}”
— Psalms 118:12
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
Psalms 118 — Context
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. {destroy...: Heb. cut them off}
11They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. {destroy: Heb. cut down}
13Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
14The LORD {is} my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:44
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, {even} unto Hormah.
1 Samuel 17:45
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Psalms 20:5
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up {our} banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
Psalms 20:1
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; {defend...: Heb. set thee on an high place}
Ecclesiastes 7:6
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so {is} the laughter of the fool: this also {is} vanity. {crackling: Heb. sound}
2 Samuel 23:6
But {the sons} of Belial {shall be} all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
Psalms 8:9
O LORD our Lord, how excellent {is} thy name in all the earth!
Psalms 58:9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in {his} wrath. {both...: Heb. as living as wrath}