Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
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Gill's Exposition
They cried, but there was none to save them,.... It is in Sa2 22:42; "they looked"; that is, they looked round about, here and there, to see if there were any near at hand to help and deliver them;…
Barnes' Notes
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies - Their necks to tread upon, as the result of victory; or their necks to be subject to me, as the neck of the ox is to his owner. The phrase is…
In these verses,
I. David looks back, with thankfulness, upon the great things which God had done for him. He had not only wrought deliverance for him, but had given him victory and success, and made…
Cambridge Bible
Yea mine enemies hast thou made to turn their backs unto me,
And as for them that hated me, I cut them off.
The first line means that his enemies were put to flight before him Exo 23:27), not (as…