Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy,.... In the times of Eli, according to Arama; but may he understood of some of the visible members of the church, and professors of religion, not being…
Barnes' Notes
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy - Instead of giving us the victory. That is, we are defeated. And they which hate us spoil for themselves - They plunder us; they take our property as spoil,…
The people of God here complain to him of the low and afflicted condition that they were now in, under the prevailing power of their enemies and oppressors, which was the more grievous to them because…
Cambridge Bible
the enemy R.V., the adversary.
spoil for themselves Or, plunder at their will.
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