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38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
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He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. …
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. …
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-50)In these verses, I. David looks back, with thankfulness, upon the great things which God had done for him. He had not only wrought deliverance for him, but had given him victory and success, and made him triumph over those who thought to triumph over him. When we set ourselves to praise God for one mercy we must be led by that to observe the many more with which we have been compassed about, and f…
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