Psalms 118:12
“They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.”
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.
The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
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Cross-References
“We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.”
“Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.”
“For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.”
“When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.”
“Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.”