Psalms 9:3

9:3 When my enemies turn back,

they trip and are defeated ¹  before you.

Psalms 44:10

44:10 You made us retreat ²  from the enemy.

Those who hate us take whatever they want from us. ³ 

Psalms 56:9

56:9 My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; ⁴ 

I know that God is on my side. ⁵ 

[9:3]  ¹ tn Or “perish”; or “die.” The imperfect verbal forms in this line either emphasize what typically happens or describe vividly the aftermath of a recent battle in which the Lord defeated the psalmist’s enemies.

[44:10]  ² tn Heb “you caused us to turn backward.”

[44:10]  ³ tn Heb “plunder for themselves.” The prepositional phrase לָמוֹ (lamo, “for themselves”) here has the nuance “at their will” or “as they please” (see Ps 80:6).

[56:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “then my enemies will turn back in the day I cry out.” The Hebrew particle אָז (’az, “then”) is probably used here to draw attention to the following statement.

[56:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “this I know, that God is for me.”