22 The imperfect verbal forms in vv. 6–7 are understood here as descriptive-dramatic or as generalizing, though they could be taken as future.
23 Or “among.”
24 Heb “he fills [with] corpses,” but one expects a double accusative here. The translation assumes an emendation to גְוִיּוֹת גֵאָיוֹת(בִּ) מִלֵּא or מִלֵּא גֵאָיוֹת גְּוִיוֹת (for a similar construction see Ezek 32:5). In the former case גֵאָיוֹת(ge’ayot) has accidentally dropped from the text due to homoioteleuton; in the latter case it has dropped out due to homoioarcton.
25 Heb “he strikes [the verb is מָחַץ (makhats), translated “strikes down” in v. 5] head[s] over a great land.” The Hebrew term רַבָּה (, “great”) is here used of distance or spatial measurement (see 1 Sam 26:13).
26 Here the expression “lifts up the head” refers to the renewed physical strength and emotional vigor (see Ps 3:3) provided by the refreshing water. For another example of a victorious warrior being energized by water in the aftermath of battle, see Judg 15:18–19 (see also 1 Sam 30:11–12, where the setting is different, however).

In other versions

The Lord is at your right hand;

he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.

He will execute judgment among the nations,

filling them with corpses;

he will shatter chiefs

over the wide earth.

He will drink from the brook by the way;

therefore he will lift up his head.

The Lord is at your right hand;

he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead

and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

He will drink from a brook along the way,

and so he will lift his head high.

The Lord is at your right hand;

he will crush kings on the day of his anger.

He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;

he will crush leaders over the entire world.

He will drink from the brook by the road;

therefore, he will lift up his head.

The Lord stands at your right hand to protect you.

He will strike down many kings when his anger erupts.

He will punish the nations

and fill their lands with corpses;

he will shatter heads over the whole earth.

But he himself will be refreshed from brooks along the way.

He will be victorious.

O Lord, at your right hand

he will shatter kings in the day of his anger.

He will judge among the nations;

he will fill them with corpses.

He will shatter the rulers of many countries.

He will drink from the stream by the road;

therefore he will lift up his head.

The Lord at thy right hand

Shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies;

He shall wound the heads over many countries.

He shall drink of the brook in the way:

Therefore shall he lift up the head.

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