“But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:”
The psalmist laments that when he stumbled, the enemies gathered with malicious glee, striking him while he was on the ground. The image of gathering upon witnessing stumbling suggests predatory behavior: the enemies seize on the moment of weakness to attack. The phrase 'struck me... I did not know why' emphasizes the unexpected and unprovoked nature of the assault. This verse portrays the psalmist as genuinely wounded and vulnerable, subject to opportunistic attack from those he had treated with kindness.
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