The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord liveth, and blessed be my Rock,.... This, with what follows, is the concluding part of the psalm, which ends with a celebration of the Divine Being, and with thankfulness for mercies received…
Barnes' Notes
The strangers shall fade away - Hebrew, “The sons of the stranger.” That is, foreigners. The word rendered fade away - נבל nâbêl - means properly to wilt, wither, fall away, as applicable to…
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
The strangers faded away,
And came trembling out of their fastnesses.
Their strength and courage failed like a withering leaf or a fading flower (Isa 28:1; Isa 28:4), and they surrendered at…