Psalm 18:37
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New International Version (©2011)
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

New Living Translation (©2007)
I chased my enemies and caught them; I did not stop until they were conquered.

English Standard Version (©2001)
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

International Standard Version (©2012)
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn around until they were utterly defeated.

NET Bible (©2006)
I chase my enemies and catch them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
I shall pursue my enemies and overtake them and I shall not return until I finish them off.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I chased my enemies and caught up with them. I did not return until I had ended their lives.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

American King James Version
I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

American Standard Version
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.

Darby Bible Translation
I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.

English Revised Version
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them: neither will I turn again till they are consumed.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

World English Bible
I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.

Young's Literal Translation
I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

18:32, and the following verses, are the gifts of God to the spiritual warrior, whereby he is prepared for the contest, after the example of his victorious Leader. Learn that we must seek release being made through Christ, shall be rejected. In David the type, we behold out of trouble through Christ. The prayer put up, without reconciliation Jesus our Redeemer, conflicting with enemies, compassed with sorrows and with floods of ungodly men, enduring not only the pains of death, but the wrath of God for us; yet calling upon the Father with strong cries and tears; rescued from the grave; proceeding to reconcile, or to put under his feet all other enemies, till death, the last enemy, shall be destroyed. We should love the Lord, our Strength, and our Salvation; we should call on him in every trouble, and praise him for every deliverance; we should aim to walk with him in all righteousness and true holiness, keeping from sin. If we belong to him, he conquers and reigns for us, and we shall conquer and reign through him, and partake of the mercy of our anointed King, which is promised to all his seed for evermore. Amen.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 37. - I have pursued mine enemies and overtaken them (see 1 Samuel 30:8-17; 2 Samuel 8:1-13; 2 Samuel 10:6-18). Neither did I turn again till they were consumed. The greatest severities exercised by David seem to have been those against Edom (1 Kings 11:15, 16) and Ammon (2 Samuel 12:29-31). Otherwise he would seem not to have used, with any great harshness, his rights as a conqueror.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them,.... Which may refer to David's pursuing the Amalekites, who overtook them and recovered all they had carried away, 1 Samuel 30:8; so Kimchi explains it;

neither did I turn again till they were consumed; for not a man escaped, save four hundred young men that rode on camels and fled, Psalm 18:17.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

37-41. In actual conflict, with God's aid, the defeat of his enemies is certain. A present and continued success is expressed.

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The Lord is My Rock
…36You have enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. 37I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. …

2 Samuel 7:9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth.
Psalm 37:20 But the wicked will perish: Though the LORD's enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.
Psalm 44:5 Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.