Psalm 17:11 {16:11}
Good News Translation
They are around me now, wherever I turn, watching for a chance to pull me down.

New Revised Standard Version
They track me down; now they surround me; they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.

Contemporary English Version
They have caught up with me! My enemies are everywhere, eagerly hoping to smear me in the dirt.

New American Bible
Their steps even now encircle me; they watch closely, keeping low to the ground,

Douay-Rheims Bible
They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.

compassed

1 Samuel 23:26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain: and David and his men were on the other side of the mountain: and David despaired of being able to escape from the face of Saul: and Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about, to take them.

1 Samuel 24:2,3 Saul, therefore, took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went out to seek after David and his men, even upon the most craggy rocks, which are accessible only to wild goats. . . .

1 Samuel 26:2,3 And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph having with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. . . .

set

Psalm 10:8-10 He sits in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent. . . .

Proverbs 6:13,14 With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord. . . .

Context
Hear My Righteous Plea
10They have shut up their fat: their mouth hath spoken proudly. 11They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.12They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.…
Cross References
Luke 21:20
And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand.

Psalm 37:14
The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.

Psalm 37:32
The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,

Psalm 56:6
They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,

Psalm 88:17
They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.

Psalm 17:10
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