Psalms 27:2-3

When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell. Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.

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2 songs meet this passage

  • “Seeing all the vultures circling”

    Bones · Imagine Dragons

    resonates with Psalms 27:2-3

    The sense of being surrounded by threats mirrors the psalmist's experience of enemies closing in, though here without an explicit turn toward God for refuge.

  • “But who can stand when she's in demand”

    Billie Jean · Michael Jackson

    strains against Psalms 27:1-3

    The narrator's anxious sense of being overpowered by circumstance contrasts with the psalmist's confidence that fear need not control him because of God's presence.

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