Psalm 18:45

New King James Version

⁴⁵^(A)The foreigners fade away,
And come frightened from their hideouts.

Psalm 18:45

New American Standard Bible

⁴⁵Foreigners ^(A)lose heart,
And ^(B)come trembling out of their ^[a]fortresses.

⁴⁵They all lose heart;^(A)
they come trembling^(B) from their strongholds.^(C)

⁴⁵Foreigners lose their courage;^[a]
they shake with fear^[b] as they leave^[c] their strongholds.^[d]

Psalm 18:45 tn Heb “wither, wear out.”
Psalm 18:45 tn 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.
Psalm 18:45 tn Heb “from.”
Psalm 18:45 tn Heb “their prisons.” The besieged cities of the foreigners are compared to prisons.

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