From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. From my deadly enemies, who compass me about - This is a metaphor taken from huntsmen, who spread themselves around a large track of forest, driving in the deer from every part of the circumference, till they are forced into the nets or traps which they have set for them in some particular narrow passage. The metaphor is carried on in the following verses.
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Psalms 17:9
9 From the wicked that oppressc me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.