8653. 'And delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh' means deliverance from the falsity of those who engaged in molestation. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sword' as truth engaged in conflict, and in the contrary sense as falsity engaged in conflict and laying waste, dealt with in 2799, 4499, 6353, 7102, 8294; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as those who use falsities to molest the upright in the next life, 7107, 7110, 7126, 7142, 7220, 7228, 7317.