They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
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Gill's Exposition
Then did I beat them small, as the dust before the wind,.... They being given up by God, and he not answering to their cries; the phrase denotes the utter ruin and destruction of them, and represents…
Barnes' Notes
They cried - They cried out for help, for mercy, for life. In modern language, “they begged for quarter.” They acknowledged that they were vanquished, and entreated that their lives might be spared.…
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
They cried Cp. Psa 18:18. The Heb. text in 2 Sam. has they lookedfor help (Isa 17:7-8), but the LXX supports the reading cried, which is certainly right. There is only the difference of one letter in…
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