Psalms 18:37-38

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 

[18:37]  ¹ tn 2 Sam 22:38 reads “destroy.”

[18:38]  ² tn Or “smash them.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “and I wiped them out and smashed them.”

[18:38]  ³ tn Heb “until they are unable to rise.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “until they do not rise.”

[18:38]  ⁴ sn They fall at my feet. For ancient Near Eastern parallels, see O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 294-97.