2 Samuel 22:40-41

22:40 You give me strength for battle; ¹ 

you make my foes kneel before me. ² 

22:41 You make my enemies retreat; ³ 

I destroy those who hate me.

2 Samuel 22:49

22:49 He delivers me from my enemies; ⁴ 

you snatch me away ⁵  from those who attack me; ⁶ 

you rescue me from violent men.

[22:40]  ¹ tn Heb “you clothed me with strength for battle.”

[22:40]  ² tn Heb “you make those who rise against me kneel beneath me.”

[22:41]  ³ tn Heb “and [as for] my enemies, you give to me [the] back [or “neck” ].” The idiom “give [the] back” means “to cause [one] to turn the back and run away.” See Exod 23:27 and HALOT 888 s.v. II ערף.

[22:49]  ⁴ tn Heb “and [the one who] brings me out from my enemies.”

[22:49]  ⁵ tn Heb “you lift me up.” In light of the preceding and following references to deliverance, the verb רוּם (rum) probably here refers to being rescued from danger (see Ps 9:13). However, it could mean “exalt; elevate” here, indicating that the Lord has given him victory over his enemies and forced them to acknowledge the psalmist’s superiority.

[22:49]  ⁶ tn Heb “from those who rise against me.”