Psalms 18:40-41

Context

18:40 You make my enemies retreat;¹

I destroy those who hate me.²

18:41 They cry out, but there is no one to help them;³

they cry out to the Lord,⁴ but he does not answer them.

[18:40] ¹tn Heb “and [as for] my enemies, you give to me [the] back [or “neck”].” The idiom “give [the] back” means “to cause [one] to turn the back and run away.” Cf. Exod 23:27.

[18:40] ²sn Those who hate me. See v. 17, where it is the Lord who delivered the psalmist from those who hated him.

[18:41] ³tn Heb “but there is no deliverer.”

[18:41] ⁴tn Heb “to the Lord.” The words “they cry out” are supplied in the translation because they are understood by ellipsis (see the preceding line).