Psalms 18:37

“In actual conflict, with God's aid, the defeat of his enemies is certain. A present and continued success is expressed.”

“I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them - He had not only routed them, but had had strength to pursue them; he had not only pursued them, but he had been enabled to come up to them. The idea is that of complete success and absolute triumph. Neither did I turn again - I was not driven back, nor was I weary and exhausted, and compelled to give over the pursuit. Till they were consumed - Until they were all either slain or made captive, so that the hostile forces vanished. None of my enemies were left. return to 'Top of Page'”

“18:37-42 With help from the Divine Warrior, the psalmist experienced victory over his enemies.”

“Psa 3:7, Psa 9:3, Psa 35:2, Psa 35:5, Psa 118:11, Psa 118:12; Num 24:17-19; Isa 53:10-12, Isa 63:1-6; Rev 6:2, Rev 19:19, Rev 19:20 Psalms 18:38”

“(Heb.: 18:38-41) Thus in God's strength, with the armour of God, and by God's assistance in fight, he smote, cast down, and utterly destroyed all his foes in foreign and in civil wars. According to the Hebrew syntax the whole of this passage is a retrospect. The imperfect signification of the futures in Psa 18:38, Psa 18:39 is made clear from the aorist which appears in Psa 18:40, and from the perfects and futures in what follows it. The strophe begins with an echo of Exo 15:9 (cf. supra Psa 7:6). The poet calls his opponents קמי, as in Psa 18:49, Psa 44:6; Psa 74:23, cf. קימנוּ Job 22:20, inasmuch as קוּם by itself has the sense of rising up in hostility and consequently one can say קמי…”