Foreigners lose their courage; ¹  they shake with fear ²  as they leave ³  their strongholds. ⁴ 

biblegateway 2Sa 22:46

"Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling out of their fortresses.

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications.

Foreigners will lose heart, although they are armed in their fortifications.

biblegateway 2Sa 22:46

They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.

Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.

bibleoremus 2Sa 22:46

Foreigners lost heart, and came trembling out of their strongholds.

Foreigners will be disheartened and come trembling from their strongholds.

biblegateway 2Sa 22:46

The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts.

Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

biblegateway 2Sa 22:46

Foreigners lose their courage; ¹  they shake with fear ²  as they leave ³  their strongholds. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “wither, wear out.”

² tc The translation assumes a reading וְיַחְרְגוּ (vÿyakhrÿgu, “and they quaked”) rather than the MT וְיַחְגְּרוּ (vÿyakhgÿru, “and they girded themselves”). See the note at Ps 18:45.

³ tn Heb “from.”

⁴ tn Heb “prisons.” Their besieged cities are compared to prisons.