From the wicked that oppress me,.... Or "waste" or "destroy" (g); as wild beasts do a field or vineyard when they get into it; and such havoc do persecutors and false teachers make of the church and people of God, when they are suffered to get in among them, Psa 80:13; wherefore from such wicked and unreasonable men protection is desired, Th2 3:2; from my deadly enemies; enemies against his soul or life, who sought to take it away, nothing would satisfy them but this; who compass me about; on all sides, in order to obtain their desire; such were the enemies of Christ, and so they are described, Psa 22:12. (g) "quid vastant", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "qui vastaverunt", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Michaelis.