When I fell on my back, I saw a vulture hovering.

Read the next two verses: `` When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

When the Macdonald government fell due to the Pacific scandal in 1873, the Governor General, Lord Dufferin, called upon Mackenzie, who had been chosen as the leader of the Liberal Party a few months earlier, to form a new government.

When Alaric II was killed fighting Clovis I, king of the Franks, in the Battle of Vouillé ( 507 ), his kingdom fell into disarray.

When Calatayud fell, he took Bubierca, Alhama de Aragón, Ariza, and Daroca ( 1120 ).

When the work was completed, three dragons rushed against the wall, and while the two of them which attacked those parts of the wall built by the gods fell down dead, the third forced its way into the city through the part built by Aeacus.

When it fell to the British Raj, the fort was dismantled on the orders of Lord William Bentinck and was converted into a sanatorium for the British troops stationed at the garrison town of Nasirabad.

When the Labour government fell in 1979, the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher won a victory which served to push the Liberals back into the margins.

When consensus could not be reached on locating the Bank in London, Brussels or Amsterdam, the choice fell on Switzerland.

When the city fell to the Turks in 1453, the church was demolished to make room for the tomb of Mehmet II the Conqueror.

When the team fell out of contention in mid -, Shapiro fired manager Charlie Manuel and traded pitching ace Bartolo Colón for prospects Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee, and Grady Sizemore ; acquired Travis Hafner from the Rangers for Ryan Drese and Einar Diaz ; and picked up Coco Crisp from the St. Louis Cardinals for aging starter Chuck Finley.

When Apollo slew Python, its body fell into this fissure, according to legend, and fumes arose from its decomposing body.

When they entered Hera's temple, they fell into a slumber and never woke, dying at the height of their admiration, the perfect gift.

When Dien Bien Phu fell in May 1954, Ike refused to intervene despite urgings from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Vice President and the head of NCS.

When Hooper fell into financial difficulties, the Britannica was managed by Sears Roebuck for 18 years ( 1920 – 23, 1928 – 43 ).

When her warriors fell, she made them rise again to continue fighting.

When his wife Queen Mary fell ill in 1558, King Philip sent the Count of Feria to consult with Elizabeth.

When Tripoli fell under siege by British forces, he and his colleagues made a narrow escape by boarding a German military plane flying to Sicily.

When Castaneda inexplicably disappeared and the project fell through, Fellini ’ s mystico-shamanic adventures were scripted with Pinelli and serialized in Corriere della Sera in May 1986.

When Europeans first arrived on Guam Chamorro society roughly fell into three classes: matao ( upper class ), achaot ( middle class ), and mana ' chang ( lower class ).

When this failed and Barcelona fell to the Nationalists in early 1939, it was clear the war was over.

When the Hundred Years ' War was lost in August 1453, Henry fell into a period of mental breakdown that lasted until Christmas 1454.

When Baum had been touring New York State in the title role, the actor playing the ghost fell through the floorboards, and the rural audience thought it was part of the show and demanded that the actor repeat the fall, because they thought it was funny.

When the Great Depression hit in the 1930s there were no easily available jobs in the US and Canada and emigration fell to less than 50, 000 a year, bringing to an end the period of mass migrations that had opened in the mid-18th century.

When a Governor-General is overseas on official duties or unable to perform official functions, or the office is vacant, the senior state governor is appointed as Administrator of the Commonwealth, and is effectively acting Governor-General.

When Dreja dropped out of the project to become a photographer ( he would later take the photograph that appeared on the back of Led Zeppelin's debut album ), John Paul Jones, at the suggestion of his wife, contacted Page about the vacant position.

When George I succeeded to the British throne in 1714, his German ministers advised him to leave the office of Lord High Treasurer vacant because those who had held it in recent years had grown overly powerful, in effect, replacing the Sovereign as head of the government.

When he reached Jerusalem, he received a message from the Venetian senate requesting him again to accept the Paduan professorship, which had become vacant by the death of his friend and pupil Fallopius.

When the post of Secretary is vacant, the United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs or any other person designated by the President serves as Acting Secretary until the President nominates and the United States Senate confirms a new Secretary.

When the see became vacant Owain had his nominee, Arthur of Bardsey, elected.

When a new Field Museum building opened near downtown Chicago in 1920, the museum organization moved and the former site was left vacant.

When, in his twenties, Paxman unsuccessfully applied for the vacant editorship of the venerable Labour-supporting weekly The New Statesman, he said he considered himself a socialist.

When Gerald Ford became President, the Vice Presidency became vacant.

When World Junior Lightweight champion Bobby Chacón refused to go to Puerto Rico to defend his title against Camacho, the WBC declared the world championship vacant, and the man Chacon had taken the title from, Rafael Limón, fought Camacho for the vacant title.

) When a seat becomes vacant, a person may apply to the Secretary if he wishes to become a candidate.

" When the electorate allows key offices to go vacant for unreasonable amounts of time and allows other conditions ... to cause ruin and decay ," Cain wrote, " it can easily be inferred that this small group of local citizens has abandoned any right it had to operate a local government unit.

When the Strawbridge's department store at the far end of the Court became vacant in the late 1990s, the original Kravco partners bought the building.

When the see of Rouen next fell vacant ( 1067 ), the thoughts of the electors turned to Lanfranc.

When Archbishop Edsige of Canterbury died in October 1050, the post remained vacant for five months.

When Robert Winchelsea, Archbishop of Canterbury, died in May 1313 Edward II prevailed upon Pope Clement V to appoint his favourite to the vacant archbishopric, and Reynolds was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral in January 1314 as the 51st Archbishop.

When one seat in a proportional representation constituency becomes vacant, the consequences vary.

When Harlan Fiske Stone replaced the retiring Charles Evans Hughes as Chief Justice in 1941, Roosevelt appointed Jackson to the resulting vacant Associate's seat.

When Gómez left his WBC title vacant soon after, Cruz became recognized by most fans as the universal world champion.

When the King died, Maria Christina was pregnant, so the throne was vacant, depending on whether Maria Christina's unborn child was a male or a female ; a male would make that child king, while a female would place her elder daughter, Infanta María Mercedes, on the throne.

When Federal Councillor Adolf Deucher died in 1912, Calonder was one of the candidates for the vacant seat in the Swiss Federal Council.

When the Gauls defeated Ptolemy Ceraunus and the Macedonian throne became vacant, Pyrrhus was occupied in his campaigns overseas.

When the constitution was first adopted, the Governor's Council was charged with acting as Governor in the event that both the Governorship and Lieutenant Governorship were vacant.