Psalms 27:2

“When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me, etc.] They are wicked men, men of malignant spirits, and evildoers, who are the enemies and foes of the people of God, and who hate them with an implacable hatred, and do everything they can to distress and afflict them; and such enemies David had, who were many and mighty; and these “came upon” him, or “approached against” him f421, they drew near to him to make war with him, as the word signifies f422; they attacked him in an hostile manner; and their view was, as he says, to eat up my flesh, as they eat bread, (<191404>Psalm 14:4); to devour him at once, to make but one morsel of him, to destroy his life, to strip him of his…”

“eat . . . my flesh-- (Job 19:22; Psa 14:4). The allusion to wild beasts illustrates their rapacity. they stumbled--"they" is emphatic; not I, but they were destroyed.”

“When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me - This refers, doubtless, to some particular period of his past life when he was in very great danger, and when God interposed to save him. The margin here is, “approached against me.” The literal rendering would be, “in the drawing near against me of the wicked to eat up my flesh.” The reference is to some period when they purposed an attack upon him, and when he was in imminent danger from such a threatened attack. To eat up my flesh - As if they would eat me up. That is, they came upon me like ravening wolves, or hungry lions. We are not to suppose that they literally purposed to eat up his flesh, or that they were cannibals;…”

“Light - My counsellor in all my difficulties, and my comforter and deliverer in all my distresses. Strength - The supporter and preserver of my life. Psalms 27:3”

“27:2 The psalmist’s enemies seek to devour him by living at his expense (see study note on 14:4).”

“wicked: Psa 3:7, Psa 18:4, Psa 22:16, Psa 62:3, Psa 62:4 came upon: Heb. approached against to: Psa 14:4, Psa 53:4; Job 19:22, Job 31:31 they: Psa 18:38-42, Psa 118:12; Isa 8:15; Joh 18:3-6 Psalms 27:3”