“I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.”
The statement that the speaker struck them and they could not rise and fell beneath the feet establishes total enemy defeat. The striking imagery suggests the speaker's direct engagement in battle. The inability to rise suggests complete incapacity to continue fighting. This verse depicts enemies as thoroughly vanquished.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:38
To the end, for the servant of the Lord, David himself. 1. That is, for the strong of hand, Christ in His Manhood. “The words of this song which he spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies, and of the hand of Saul; and he said, On the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies and of the hand of Saul:” namely, the king of the Jews, whom they had demanded for themselves. 1 Samuel 8:5 For as “David” is said…
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