“The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.”
The assertion that strangers cringe before the speaker and limp out of their strongholds establishes that enemies are humiliated and retreat to protected places. The cringing suggests abject submission and loss of will to resist. The limping suggests that enemies are weakened and defeated. This verse portrays enemies as demoralized and retreating.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:45
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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