Bible verse
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Psalm 118:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 118.
8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
11 They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
12 They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
13 I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
14 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
15 Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”
KJV
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
ASV
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
ERV
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
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