I beat them ¹  to death; ²  they fall at my feet. ³ 

biblegateway Psa 18:38

I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet.

I crush them, and they cannot get up; they fall beneath my feet.

I wounded them so badly that they were unable to get up. They fell under my feet.

biblegateway Psa 18:38

I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.

I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.

bibleoremus Psa 18:38

I struck them down, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.

I strike them down and they can rise no more; they fall prostrate at my feet.

biblegateway Psa 18:38

I have wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet.

I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

biblegateway Psa 18:38

I beat them ¹  to death; ²  they fall at my feet. ³ 

¹ tn Or “smash them.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “and I wiped them out and smashed them.”

² tn Heb “until they are unable to rise.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “until they do not rise.”

³ sn They fall at my feet. For ancient Near Eastern parallels, see O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 294-97.