Protect me from ¹  the wicked men who attack ²  me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill. ³ 

biblegateway Psa 17:9

From the wicked who despoil me, My deadly enemies who surround me.

from the wicked who treat me violently, my deadly enemies who surround me.

Hide me from wicked people who violently attack me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.

biblegateway Psa 17:9

from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.

bibleoremus Psa 17:9

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

from the wicked who do me violence, from deadly foes who throng around me.

biblegateway Psa 17:9

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

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

biblegateway Psa 17:9

Protect me from ¹  the wicked men who attack ²  me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “from before”; or “because.” In the Hebrew text v. 9 is subordinated to v. 8. The words “protect me” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “destroy.” The psalmist uses the perfect verbal form to emphasize the degree of danger. He describes the wicked as being already in the process of destroying him.

³ tn Heb “my enemies, at the risk of life they surround me.” The Hebrew phrase בְּנֶפֶשׁ (bÿnefesh) sometimes has the nuance “at the risk of [one’s] life” (see 1 Kgs 2:23; Prov 7:23; Lam 5:9).