18:37 I chase my enemies and catch 1 them;
I do not turn back until I wipe them out.
18:38 I beat them 2 to death; 3
they fall at my feet. 4
1 tn 2 Sam 22:38 reads “destroy.”
2 tn Or “smash them.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “and I wiped them out and smashed them.”
3 tn Heb “until they are unable to rise.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “until they do not rise.”
4 sn They fall at my feet. For ancient Near Eastern parallels, see O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 294-97.