Psalms 9:6 - Exposition

O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end . It is better to translate, with the Revised Version, The enemy are come to an end ; they are desolate for ever —a continuance of the hyperbole already noticed in the preceding verse. And thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them; rather, and as for the cities thou hast destroyed , their very memory has perished. This could only be an anticipation. It was fulfilled in the complete disappearance from history of the names of Zoba, Beth-rehob, and Tob, after the victory described in 2 Samuel 10:13 , 2 Samuel 10:14 .