Psalms 18:38
I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
BSB
ASV
I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
KJV
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
I have wounded them, that they were not able to rise,.... Which was not only true of the Amalekites, but of all with whom David engaged in war; they are fallen under my feet; either dead, or become subject and tributaries to him; as the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, and Edomites; see 2Sa 8:1. This, with Psa 18:37, may very well be accommodated to David's antitype, and be expressive of the entire victory he has obtained over all his and his people's enemies; he wounded the heads over many countries, Psa 110:
I have wounded them ... - I have so weakened them - so entirely prostrated them - that they were not able to rally again. This does not refer so much to wounds inflicted on individuals in the hostile ranks as to the entire host or army. It was so weakened that it could not again be put in battle array. The idea is that of successful pursuit and conquest.
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Through
Psalms 47:3He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
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the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Through
Psalms 36:12There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
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Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah