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40 You give me strength for battle;[a]
you make my foes kneel before me.[b]
41 You make my enemies retreat;[c]
I destroy those who hate me.

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:40 tn Heb “you clothed me with strength for battle.”
  2. 2 Samuel 22:40 tn Heb “you make those who rise against me kneel beneath me.”
  3. 2 Samuel 22:41 tn Heb “and [as for] my enemies, you give to me [the] back [or “neck” ].” The idiom “give [the] back” means “to cause [one] to turn the back and run away.” See Exod 23:27 and HALOT 888 s.v. II ערף.