Psalms 18:40
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
BSB
ASV
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
KJV
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies,.... Either to slay them, or to trample or put a yoke upon them; or rather the sense is, thou hast made them to fly before me, to turn their necks or backs unto me, as the word is used in Jos 7:8; and it is expressive of an utter rout and vanquishing of them; that I might destroy them that hate me; they not being able to face him and stand against him.
The necks of mine enemies - Thou hast made me a complete conqueror. Treading on the neck of an enemy was the triumph of the conqueror, and the utmost disgrace of the vanquished.
It is impossible to be too frequent in the duty of ascribing all our victories to the God of our salvation. It is true that we have to wrestle with our spiritual antagonists, but the triumph is far more the Lord's than ours. We must not boast like the ambitious votaries of vainglory, but we may exult as the willing and believing instruments in the Lord's hand of accomplishing his great designs.
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Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
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His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
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Psalms 21:12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
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If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.