Psalms 118:12 meaning and explanation
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Psalms 118:12, Berean Standard Bible
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Psalm 118 is a thanksgiving song, likely sung by a worshiper or the community after a hard-won deliverance, and verse 12 belongs to that testimony. The speaker pictures enemies as bees swarming on every side, then as thorns that flare up and burn out as quickly as they caught fire.
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