Psalm 17:11 {16:11}
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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.

Lexicon
They have tracked us down,
אַ֭שֻּׁרֵינוּ (’aš·šu·rê·nū)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 838: Step, going

and now
עַתָּ֣ה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time

surround us;
סְבָב֑וּנוּ (sə·ḇā·ḇū·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

their eyes
עֵינֵיהֶ֥ם (‘ê·nê·hem)
Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

are set
יָ֝שִׁ֗יתוּ (yā·šî·ṯū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7896: To put, set

to cast [us]
לִנְט֥וֹת (lin·ṭō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

to the ground,
בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.

They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.

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

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

They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

Our steps now have compassed him;' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.
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