Psalm 118:10
New International Version
All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them down.

New Living Translation
Though hostile nations surrounded me, I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.

English Standard Version
All nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

Berean Standard Bible
All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

King James Bible
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

New King James Version
All nations surrounded me, But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

New American Standard Bible
All nations surrounded me; In the name of the LORD I will certainly fend them off.

NASB 1995
All nations surrounded me; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.

NASB 1977
All nations surrounded me; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.

Legacy Standard Bible
All nations surrounded me; In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off.

Amplified Bible
All nations encompassed me; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.

Christian Standard Bible
All the nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I destroyed them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
All the nations surrounded me; in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

American Standard Version
All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
All the nations circled me and in The Name of LORD JEHOVAH I have destroyed them!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.

Contemporary English Version
Nations surrounded me, but I got rid of them by the power of the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All nations compassed me about; and in the name of the Lord I have been revenged on them.

English Revised Version
All nations compassed me about: in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All the nations surrounded me, [but armed] with the name of the LORD, I defeated them.

Good News Translation
Many enemies were around me; but I destroyed them by the power of the LORD!

International Standard Version
All the nations surrounded me; but in the name of the LORD I will defeat them.

JPS Tanakh 1917
All nations compass me about; Verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.

Literal Standard Version
All nations have surrounded me, | In the Name of YHWH I surely cut them off.

Majority Standard Bible
All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

New American Bible
All the nations surrounded me; in the LORD’s name I cut them off.

NET Bible
All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.

New Revised Standard Version
All nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

New Heart English Bible
All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD, I cut them off.

Webster's Bible Translation
All nations encompassed me: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

World English Bible
All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name I cut them off.

Young's Literal Translation
All nations have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good
9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes. 10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. 11They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.…

Cross References
Luke 21:20
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

Judges 16:2
When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, "Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him."

Psalm 3:6
I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.

Psalm 18:29
For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.

Psalm 18:40
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.

Psalm 88:17
All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.

Psalm 101:8
Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

all nations

2 Samuel 5:1
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2 Samuel 8:1
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

2 Samuel 10:1
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

destroy them.

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Psalm 118
1. An exhortation to praise God for his mercy
5. The psalmist by his experience shows how good it is to trust in God
19. Under the type of the psalmist the coming of Christ in his kingdom is expressed














Verse 10. - All nations compassed me about. This is, of course, hyperbole. But it was a fact that all, or almost all, the nations among whom the Israelites dwelt were at all times hostile to them, and sought their destruction. But in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them; or, "I will mow them down" (comp. Job 24:24).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
All
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the nations
גּוֹיִ֥ם (gō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

surrounded me;
סְבָב֑וּנִי (sə·ḇā·ḇū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

in the name
בְּשֵׁ֥ם (bə·šêm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

of the LORD
יְ֝הוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

I will surely
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

cut them off.
אֲמִילַֽם׃ (’ă·mî·lam)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4135: To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy


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