Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageWhen evildoers draw near to consume my flesh — my foes, my very enemies — it is they who stumble and collapse.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GWhen evildoers close in on me to devour my flesh — my foes and my enemies — they are the very ones who stumble and fall.
KJV
King James VersionWhen the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleWhen the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
Footnotes
"Devour my flesh" (*le'ekhol et besari*) is raw predatory language — the imagery of a beast or advancing army tearing a victim apart. The psalmist's confidence is encoded in the word order: though enemies intend to eat, the emphatic *hemmah* ("they themselves") are the ones who collapse. The verb *kashlu* (כָשְׁלוּ), "stumbled," often connotes simultaneous military defeat and moral failure. FOG preserves the visceral "devour"; FOG Message uses "consume" for a slightly wider register while retaining the brutality.