39 I crushed them completely, and they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
39 I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.
39 I nailed them; they were down for good; then I walked all over them.
39 And I have destroyed them and wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet.
39 I consumed them; I struck them down so they did not get up; they fell beneath my feet.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:39
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David's psalm of thanksgiving.
This chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards nearly as 2 Timothy 4:18. Those who receive signal mercies from God, ought to give him the glory. In the day that God delivered David, he sang this song. While the mercy is fresh, and we are most affected with it, let the thank-offering be brought, to be kindled with the fire of that affection. All his joys and hopes close, as all our hopes should do, in the great Redeemer.