Verse 13
13. They mar my path In the process of the siege they break up his paths, that is, the paths that lead to him; they “set forward his calamity.” make his destruction more certain.
They have no helper This ambiguous expression is probably a proverbial one for “the friendless” and “the helpless.” “They are too vile to have an ally.” Schultens gives several illustrations of such Oriental use: for instance, “We behold you ignoble, poor, without a helper among the rest of men.” Zockler’s interpretation, “they need no other help,” and that of Hitzig, “they do it without gain to themselves,” are sufficiently self condemned.
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