Psalms 18:37
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
BSB
ASV
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
KJV
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
LETTER 122.1 (420)
The mind must not through disbelief in the promised blessings give way to despair; and the soul once marked out for perdition must not refuse to apply remedies on the ground that its wounds are past curing.… Lo, I hear his promise: "I will pursue mine enemies and overtake them; neither will I turn again till they are consumed," so that I, who was once your enemy and a fugitive from you, shall be laid hold of by your hand. Cease not from pursuing me till my wickedness is consumed.
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them,.... Which may refer to David's pursuing the Amalekites, who overtook them and recovered all they had carried away, 1Sa 30:8; so Kimchi explains it; neither did I turn again till they were consumed; for not a man escaped, save four hundred young men that rode on camels and fled, Psa 18:17.
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Psalms 44:5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
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With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the…
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Psalms 37:20But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
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As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
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Psalms 35:5May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
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Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?