Psalms 18:38
I crushed them, and they were unable to rise, They fell under my feet.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
In Context
37I pursued my foes, and overtook them, and returned not, till they were consumed:
39Thus didst thou gird me with strength, for the battle, Thou subduedst mine assailants under me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:49And David thrust his hand into his pouch, and took from thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine, in his forehead,—that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face, to the earth.
1 Samuel 30:17And David smote them, from the closing twilight even unto the evening of the next day,—and there escaped not of them a man, save four hundred young men who rode upon camels, and fled.
2 Samuel 8:1And it came to pass, after this, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them,—and David took the bridle of the metropolis, out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 Samuel 18:7Then were the people of Israel defeated there, before he servants of David,—and the slaughter there was great, on that day—twenty thousand.
2 Samuel 22:39So I consumed them, and crushed them, and they rose not again,—thus fell they under my feet:
Psalms 36:12There did the workers of iniquity fall,—thrust down and not able to rise!
Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:30-50
Grateful Remembrance of Past Deliverances; Confidence in the Divine Goodness. 29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 31 For who is God save the Lord ? or who is a rock save our God? 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war,… Read the whole commentary →