“That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.”
The continuation that the feet of the righteous will be dipped in enemies' blood articulates the complete and visible nature of the righteous's triumph. The imagery is graphic: the victory will be so total that the blood of enemies will reach even the feet. This verse emphasizes the comprehensiveness of divine victory.
Church Fathers on Psalms 68:23
1. Of this Psalm, the title seems not to need operose discussion: for simple and easy it appears. For thus it stands: “For the end, for David himself a Psalm of a Song.” But in many Psalms already we have reminded you what is “at the end: for the end of the Law is Christ for righteousness to every man believing:” Romans 10:4 He is the end which makes perfect, not that which consumes or destroys. Nevertheless, if any one endeavours to inquire, what means, “a Psalm of a Song:”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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