And I will beat down his foes before his face - I will crush them, or destroy them, showing that the power of doing this was not hi…

Beat down. —Probably bray, as in a mortar.

Plague. —Or, smite.

The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that …

And I will beat down his foes before his face
In Judea, and in the Gentile world; more especially in Rome Pagan, and…

The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ, the King, Priest, an…