Psalms 9:1, David praises God for executing judgment; Psalms 9:11, He incites others to praise him; Psalms 9:13, He prays that he may have cause to praise him. Probably, “the death of the champion:” so the Chaldee has, “A Psalm of David, to be sung concerning the death of the man who went out between (mibbeyney: ) the camps;” evidently considering labben: , of the same import as bainayim: , “a middle-man or champion,” as Goliath is termed, 1 Samuel 17:4, concerning whose defeat this psalm is generally supposed to have been composed.
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