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psalms 17:11

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Psalms 17:11

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Psalms 17:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 17:11

Theological / Devotional

They have set. The clause reads, literally, “their eyes they set to cast in the earth.” A parallel may be seen in Saul and his companions, who, like men hunting their prey, kept their eyes closely directed along the paths that David and his companions had taken.

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