“For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.”
The psalmist describes hearing the whispers of the crowd and experiencing terror on all sides as enemies plot against him. The verb "whisper" suggests secret conversation and malicious gossip. The phrase "terror on every side" creates the sense of being surrounded and endangered from every direction. The reference to plotting suggests that the danger involves actual conspiracy and malicious intent. This verse shifts from passive social abandonment to active hostility and conspiracy.
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