“Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.”
The statement that the speaker beat them to pieces like dust before the wind and emptied them out like dirt of the streets establishes complete dispersion and degradation. The dust imagery suggests that enemies are reduced to worthlessness. The scattering suggests permanent dispersal. This verse depicts enemies as utterly obliterated.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:42
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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