Psalms 118:12
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.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 118 connects to 10 cross-references. The final Egyptian Hallel psalm of Passover, a communal thanksgiving for deliverance. The famous line 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone' is applied to Jesus in all four Gospels. 'Blessed is he who comes in the …
Other Translations
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.
They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.
Cross References
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed …
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a …
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with …
And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine …
So they came up to Baal–perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine …
Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, …
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with …
So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast …