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The Imagery of Total Victory
Commentators explain that the imagery of beating enemies into "dust before the wind" and casting them out like "mire of the streets" signifies a complete and final victory. This isn't just a temporary setback for the foe, but their utter and contemptuous destruction, leaving them scattered, disorganized, and worthless.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 18:42
18th Century
Theologian
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind - As the fine dust is driven by the wind, so they fled before me. There coul…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 18:42
19th Century
Bishop
Before the wind. —In Samuel, the weaker “of the earth.”
Cast them out — i.e., sweep them before me…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 18:38–45
19th Century
Preacher
So it happened that the Philistines were afraid of David, and he delivered his people from the attacks of all invaders, and brought them that bless…
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John Gill
On Psalms 18:42
17th Century
Pastor
Then did I beat them small, as the dust before the wind
They being given up by God, and he not answering to their cr…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 18:29–50
17th Century
Minister
When we praise God for one mercy, we must also observe the many more with which we have been encompassed all our days. Many things had contributed …