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Psalms 17:9

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

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מִפְּנֵ֣יmipnefrom a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “from a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…רְ֭שָׁעִיםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.ז֣וּzvthatזוּparticle, relative — “that”H2098this or thatthat, this, [idiom] wherein, which, whom.שַׁדּ֑וּנִיshadunideadשָׁדַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “dead”, a completed actionH7703properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravagedead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), [idiom] utterly, (lay) waste.אֹיְבַ֥יoyevayenemyאֹיֵבverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “enemy”, a verb used as a describing wordH341hating; an adversaryenemy, foe.בְּ֝נֶ֗פֶשׁbenefeshin creatureנֶפֶשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in creature”, the ordinary formH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…יַקִּ֥יפוּyaqifvcompassנָקַףverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “compass”, an unfinished actionH5362to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulatecompass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.עָלָֽיalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

From the wicked that oppress, my deadly enemies, that compass me about.

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American Standard Version (1901)

From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

Young’s Literal Translation

From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

World English Bible

from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.

Darby Translation

From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

Douay-Rheims

There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

From the wicked that oppress, my deadly enemies, that compass me about.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀπὸ προσώπου ἀσεβῶν τῶν ταλαιπωρησάντων με· οἱ ἐχθροί μου τὴν ψυχήν μου περιέσχον.