“Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.”
The statement that God has made the speaker's enemies turn their backs and the speaker has destroyed those who hated him establishes that enemies flee and the speaker pursues them to destruction. The turning of backs suggests that enemies cannot sustain the confrontation. The destruction suggests complete elimination of opposition. This verse depicts the speaker's total vindication.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:40
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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