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Psalm 18:37-39
New English Translation
Psalm 18:37-39
New English Translation
37 I chase my enemies and catch[a] them;
I do not turn back until I wipe them out.
38 I beat them[b] to death;[c]
they fall at my feet.[d]
39 You give me strength[e] for battle;
you make my foes kneel before me.[f]
Footnotes
- Psalm 18:37 tn 2 Sam 22:38 reads “destroy.”
- Psalm 18:38 tn Or “smash them.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “and I wiped them out and smashed them.”
- Psalm 18:38 tn Heb “until they are unable to rise.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “until they do not rise.”
- Psalm 18:38 sn They fall at my feet. For ancient Near Eastern parallels, see O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 294-97.
- Psalm 18:39 tn Heb “clothed me.” See v. 32.
- Psalm 18:39 tn Heb “you make those who rise against me kneel beneath me.”sn My foes kneel before me. For ancient Near Eastern parallels, see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 268.
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