Psalms 17:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 23:26 : 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
  • 1 Sam 24:2-3 : 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where [was] a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
  • 1 Sam 26:2-3 : 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 10 He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
  • Ps 37:14 : 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.
  • Ps 88:17 : 17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
  • Prov 6:13-14 : 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 17:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

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

    10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

  • 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.

  • 12 Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Lam 4:18-19
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    78%

    18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

    19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

  • Ps 73:6-9
    4 verses
    78%

    6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.

    7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

    8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.

    9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Rom 11:9-10
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    9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

    10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

  • 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

  • 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.

  • Ps 10:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

    10 He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

  • 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

  • 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

  • Ps 22:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.

    13 They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

  • 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

  • 11 Behold, [I say, how] they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

  • 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].

  • 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

  • 2 For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

  • 9 [As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

  • 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

  • 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

  • 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up: certainly this [is] the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen [it].

  • 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

  • 12 [For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.

  • 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

  • Ps 69:22-23
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    73%

    22 ¶ Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.

    23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

  • 11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

  • 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • 8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

  • 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

  • 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

  • 2 The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

  • 18 And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

  • 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

  • 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

  • 2 And they consider not in their hearts [that] I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

  • 17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

  • 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

  • 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

  • 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

  • 40 When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?