Salmi 18:42

42 (H18-41) Ed io li ho tritati, come polvere esposta al vento; Io li ho spazzati via, come il fango delle strade.

Salmi 18:42 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 18:42

Then did I beat them small, as the dust before the wind
They being given up by God, and he not answering to their cries; the phrase denotes the utter ruin and destruction of them, and represents their case as desperate and irrecoverable; being, as it were, pounded to dust, and that driven away with the wind: just as the destruction of the four monarchies is signified by the iron, clay, brass, silver, and gold, being broken to pieces, and made like the chaff of the summer threshing floor, and carried away with the wind, so that no place is found for them any more, ( Daniel 2:35 ) ;

I did cast them out as the dirt of the streets;
expressing indignation and contempt: in ( 2 Samuel 22:43 ) ; it is, "I did stamp them as the mire of the street, [and] did, spread them abroad"; which also denotes the low and miserable condition to which they were reduced, and the entire conquest made of them, and triumph over them; see ( Isaiah 10:6 ) ( Micah 7:10 ) ; compare with this ( 2 Samuel 12:31 ) .

Salmi 18:42 In-Context

40 (H18-39) Ed hai fatto voltar le spalle a’ miei nemici davanti a me; Ed io ho distrutti quelli che mi odiavano.

41 (H18-40) Essi gridarono, ma non vi fu chi li salvasse; Gridarono al Signore, ma egli non rispose loro.

42 (H18-41) Ed io li ho tritati, come polvere esposta al vento; Io li ho spazzati via, come il fango delle strade.

43 (H18-42) Tu mi hai scampato dalle brighe del popolo; Tu mi hai costituito capo di nazioni; Il popolo che io non conosceva mi è stato sottoposto.

44 (H18-43) Al solo udir degli orecchi si son ridotti sotto la mia ubbidienza; Gli stranieri si sono infinti inverso me.