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Psalm 18:39

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18:39You give me strength112 for battle;

you make my foes kneel before me.113

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Footnotes

  1. 112 Heb “clothed me.” See v. 32.
  2. 113 Heb “you make those who rise against me kneel beneath me.” 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.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For you equipped me with strength for the battle;

you made those who rise against me sink under me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You armed me with strength for battle;

you humbled my adversaries before me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You have clothed me with strength for battle;

you subdue my adversaries beneath me.

NLTNew Living Translation

You have armed me with strength for the battle;

you have subdued my enemies under my feet.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you girded me with strength for the battle;

those rising against me you made to kneel under me.

KJV 1900King James Version

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:

Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.