I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
Ibn Ezra
They have set [themselves] against me (אֲשֶׁר... שָׁתוּ עָלָי - Asher... shatu alai): [This means 'they arrayed themselves', from the root שׁית/שׁות - sh-y-t/sh-w-t]. It is similar in sense to [meaning] "they fought" (nilchamu). And some interpreted [the verb shatu as related to the noun] the foundations (הַשָּׁתוֹת - ha-shatot, cf. Psalm 11:3), and the meaning [in context] is like nets (reshatot). Therefore [Scripture adds] the word around (saviv).
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.