Psa 55:18 | NETfull | STEP | He will rescue me and protect me from those who attack me, even though they greatly outnumber me.

Psalms 55:18

18 He will rescue ^{▼▼ The perfect verbal form is here used rhetorically to indicate that the action is certain to take place (the so-called perfect of certitude).} me and protect me from those who attack me, ^{▼▼ Heb “he will redeem in peace my life from [those who] draw near to me.”}
even though ^{▼▼ Or “for.”} they greatly outnumber me. ^{▼▼ Heb “among many they are against me.” For other examples of the preposition עִמָּד (’immad) used in the sense of “at, against,” see HALOT 842 s.v.; BDB 767 s.v.; IBHS 219 #11.2.14b.}