18:39 You give me strength 1 for battle;
you make my foes kneel before me. 2
18:48 He delivers me 3 from my enemies;
you snatch me away 4 from those who attack me; 5
you rescue me from violent men.
1 tn Heb “clothed me.” See v. 32.
2 tn Heb “you make those who rise against me kneel beneath me.”
3 tn Heb “[the one who] delivers me.” 2 Sam 22:49 reads “and [the one who] brings me out.”
4 tn Heb “lifts me up.” In light of the preceding and following references to deliverance, the verb רום probably here refers to being rescued from danger (see Ps 9:13). However, it could mean “exalt, elevate” here, indicating that the
5 tn Heb “from those who rise against me.”