Psalms 18:38

18:38 I beat them ¹  to death; ² 

they fall at my feet. ³ 

Psalms 129:2

129:2 “Since my youth they have often attacked me,

but they have not defeated me.

Psalms 36:12

36:12 I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! ⁴ 

They have been knocked down and are unable to get up! ⁵ 

Psalms 71:13

71:13 May my accusers be humiliated and defeated!

May those who want to harm me ⁶  be covered with scorn and disgrace!

[18:38]  ¹ tn Or “smash them.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “and I wiped them out and smashed them.”

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

[18:38]  ³ sn They fall at my feet. For ancient Near Eastern parallels, see O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 294-97.

[36:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “there the workers of wickedness have fallen.” The adverb שָׁם (sham, “there”) is used here for dramatic effect, as the psalmist envisions the evildoers lying fallen at a spot that is vivid in his imagination (BDB 1027 s.v.).

[36:12]  ⁵ tn The psalmist uses perfect verbal forms in v. 12 to describe the demise of the wicked as if it has already taken place.

[71:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “those who seek my harm.”