9. strengtheneth the spoiled —literally, "spoil" or "devastation": hence the "person spoiled." WINER, MAURER, and the best modern critics translate, " maketh devastation (or destruction ) suddenly to arise, " literally, "maketh it to gleam forth like the dawn." Ancient versions support English Version. The Hebrew is elsewhere used, to make, to shine, to make glad: and as English Version here ( Psalms 39:13 ), "recover strength. " the spoiled shall come —"devastation," or "destruction shall come upon" [MAURER]. English Version expresses that, strong as Israel fancies herself after the successes of Jeroboam II ( Psalms 39:13- : ), even the weakest can be made by God to prevail against the strong. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"
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source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological