Psalms Chapter 68 verse 21 Holy Bible
But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.
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The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.
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Verily God will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.
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But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
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He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
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But God will strike through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
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Only -- God doth smite The head of His enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - But God shall wound the head of his enemies; or, "yet surely God will smite," etc. Though he gives escape from death, yet he will not do so always. On the contrary, he will assuredly smite and destroy his enemies, wounding them where a wound is fatal. And the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his trespasses. "The hairy scalp," says Dr. Kay, "points almost certainly to Absalom." Others take it as merely indicating the young and strong.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) Hairy scalp.--Literally, crown, or top, or head of hair. The word is rendered "pate" in Psalm 7:16. This is probably a portrait of some historical person hostile to Israel. Others take it as a type of pride and arrogance, comparing the use of the Greek verb ?????. The word "scalp," properly shell (comp. "skull"), was a word in common use at the time of the translation of the English Bible--"White beards have armed their thin and hairless scalpsAgainst thy majesty."SHAKSPERE: Richard II.
