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Psalms 17:11

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

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אַ֭שֻּׁרֵינוּashureynvstepאָשֻׁרnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “step”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH838a stepgoing, step.עַתָּ֣הatahthis timeעַתָּהadverb — “this time”H6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletivehenceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.סבבוניsvvvnybringסָבַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bring”, a completed actionH5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figurativelybring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, rou…סְבָב֑וּנוּsevavunvbringסָבַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “bring”, a completed actionH5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figurativelybring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, rou…עֵינֵיהֶ֥םeyneyhemeye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…יָ֝שִׁ֗יתוּyashitvapplyשִׁיתverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “apply”, an unfinished actionH7896to place (in a very wide application)apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.לִנְט֥וֹתlintotto spreadנָטָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to spread”, the to-form of the verbH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…בָּאָֽרֶץbaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

At our every step they have now encompassed us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Our steps now have compassed [him];' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

World English Bible

They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

Darby Translation

They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.

Douay-Rheims

And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

At our every step they have now encompassed us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκβαλόντες με νυνὶ περιεκύκλωσάν με, τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτὼν ἔθεντο ἐκκλῖναι ἐν τῇ γῇ.