The final assertion that with God the people will triumph and that God will tread down enemies establishes the conclusive confidence that undergirds the entire psalm. The declaration that God will tread down enemies invokes the imagery from the oracle: God personally will accomplish the subjugation of the nation's enemies. The final word of the psalm is not lament but confidence in divine action and ultimate victory. This verse transforms the psalm from lament through petition into affirmation of trust in God's ultimate purposes and power to restore the people from defeat to triumph.

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