Psalm 27:2
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Cross-reference
Psalm 3:7 echoes the defeat of enemies who attack like beasts — God breaks their teeth, paralleling the stumbling foes here.
Psalm 14:4 uses the same 'eat up' metaphor for enemies devouring God's people, directly paralleling the 'eat up my flesh' here.
Psalm 18:38-42 describes enemies falling under David's feet, unable to rise — directly parallels the stumbling and falling of foes here.
Psalm 22:16 uses the same 'beasts surrounding' imagery — dogs compass the psalmist, echoing the enemies who come to eat flesh here.
Psalm 53:4 repeats the same 'eat up my people' imagery from Psalm 14:4, echoing the devouring enemies here.
Psalm 35:3 asks God to fight persecutors — the same enemies that stumble in Psalm 27:2, showing a prayer for divine intervention.
Psalm 124:3 says enemies 'had swallowed us up quick' — the same devouring imagery as 'eat up my flesh' in Psalm 27:2.
Psalm 56:9 shows enemies turning back when David cries out — mirroring the stumbling and falling of foes in Psalm 27:2.
In Psalm 56:1, the same 'swallow me up' imagery appears — enemies seeking to devour, echoing the attack in Psalm 27:2.
Psalm 37:40 promises deliverance from the wicked — the very enemies that fall in Psalm 27:2, reinforcing God's protection.
Psalm 25:19 pleads for God to consider many enemies who hate cruelly — directly parallel to the attackers in Psalm 27:2.
Psalm 59:2 pleads for deliverance from violent men — a similar threat of attack as the enemies 'eating up flesh' in Psalm 27:2.
Psalm 119:95 describes the wicked waiting to destroy — parallel to the enemies coming upon David in Psalm 27:2, though the response differs.
Psalm 119:150 says 'they draw nigh that follow after mischief' — echoing the approach of enemies in Psalm 27:2.
Job 19:22 uses the same 'flesh' imagery — Job's friends persecute him as if devouring his flesh, paralleling the enemies who come to eat flesh here.
Isaiah 8:15 uses the same phrase 'stumble and fall' for those who reject God—mirroring the fate of the enemies here.
In John 18:3-6, the arresting party falls to the ground before Jesus—a literal fulfillment of enemies stumbling before God's anointed.
Job 31:31 records the wish of Job's household to eat his flesh, directly mirroring the enemies' intent to devour here.
In Jeremiah 20:11, the same 'stumble' language appears: Jeremiah's persecutors stumble and fail, just as David's enemies stumbled.
In Jeremiah 46:6, the same 'stumbled and fallen' describes the Egyptian army's defeat — a similar image of enemies falling.
In Daniel 11:19, a proud king 'stumbles and falls' — the same phrase used for David's enemies in Psalm 27:2.
Joshua 10:8 promises enemies will not stand before you—directly parallels the enemies stumbling and falling in the psalm.
In John 18:6, Jesus' enemies fall backward at his declaration — a similar image of adversaries falling before God's anointed.
In Jeremiah 10:25, the same 'devour' language describes nations consuming Jacob — a broader judgment context than David's personal enemies.
In Jeremiah 15:21, God promises to deliver from the wicked — echoing the rescue implied when David's enemies stumble.