Verse 7
The writer continued to pray for complete deliverance. Evidently David was so certain that God would save him that he described his enemy as already defeated. Perhaps he was referring to God’s faithfulness in defeating former enemies. The Hebrew verbs permit either interpretation. The imagery is very graphic and even somewhat grotesque from the viewpoint of a modern reader, but Hebrew poets often expressed their thoughts in strong, vivid terms.
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