Psa 18:45 | NETfull | STEP | foreigners lose their courage; they shake with fear as they leave their strongholds.

Psalms 18:45

45 foreigners lose their courage; ^{▼▼ Heb “wither, wear out.”}
they shake with fear ^{▼▼ The meaning of חָרַג (kharag, “shake”) is established on the basis of cognates in Arabic and Aramaic. 2 Sam 22:46 reads חָגַר (khagar), which might mean here, “[they] come limping” (on the basis of a cognate in postbiblical Hebrew). The normal meaning for חָגַר (“gird”) makes little sense here.} as they leave ^{▼▼ Heb “from.”} their strongholds. ^{▼▼ Heb “their prisons.” The besieged cities of the foreigners are compared to prisons.}