Psalms 27:12 (DBY)

Passage

Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

Nearby Context

Psalms 27:10 For had my father and my mother forsaken me, then had Jehovah taken me up.

Psalms 27:11 Teach me thy way, Jehovah, and lead me in an even path, because of mine enemies.

Psalms 27:12 Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

Psalms 27:13 Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living !

Psalms 27:14 Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "deliver", "over", "mine", "adversaries", "false", "witnesses", "risen", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "deliver" and "over", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Teach me thy way Jehovah and lead..." into verse 13's "Unless I had believed to see the...", so "deliver" and "over" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "deliver" and "over" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.