בִּקְרֹב עָלַי מְרֵעִים לֶאֱכֹל אֶת בְּשָׂרִי צָרַי וְאֹיְבַי לִי הֵמָּה כָשְׁלוּ וְנָפָלוּ
When the evildoers come close to me to eat my flesh, they are my oppressors and enemies; they have stumbled and fallen.
It is bad enough to have enemies and those who oppose a person. But when the animosity comes also (or primarily) from those who should naturally be loving and protective, it is the worst of all. From his birth Dovid was rejected by his family. His father-in-law tried to kill him, and one of his many wives (צרה) opposed him as well. It is this pain that we hear him expressing in this verse and then acknowledging that his relationship with Hashem ultimately saw the downfall of those oppressors.
When the קרובים (relatives) are my oppressors and they wish to destroy my relationships with my family (בשר is frequently used to indicated relatives), my wife (צרי) as well as my garden-variety enemies, they have all ultimately stumbled and fallen.
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