Psalms 27:12

12 Do not let me fall into their hands. For they accuse me of things I’ve never done; with every breath they threaten me with violence.

Psalms 27:12 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 27:12

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies
It is a dreadful thing for a man to be given up to his own heart's lusts, and to be delivered up into the hands of Satan; who would fain have even the people of God themselves in his hands, that he might distress them at pleasure, if not destroy them; and also to be suffered to fall into the hands of wicked men, whose tender mercies are cruel;

for false witnesses are risen up against me;
laying to his charge, that he sought to take away from Saul his crown and kingdom, and even his life, ( 1 Samuel 24:9 ) ;

and such as breathe out cruelty;
as Doeg the Edomite, whose tongue was as a sharp razor, and by whose hands four score and five priests were slain, on account of David's being supplied with bread by Ahimelech; the word is in the singular number; see ( Psalms 52:1-4 ) ( 1 Samuel 22:18 ) ; compare with this clause ( Acts 9:1 ) ; and Horace's phrase, "Spirabat amores" ^F12.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Carmin. l. 4. Ode. 13. v. 19.

Psalms 27:12 In-Context

10 Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD will hold me close.

11 Teach me how to live, O LORD . Lead me along the right path, for my enemies are waiting for me.

12 Do not let me fall into their hands. For they accuse me of things I’ve never done; with every breath they threaten me with violence.

13 Yet I am confident I will see the LORD ’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living.

14 Wait patiently for the LORD . Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD .