For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.

And Thou girdest me with strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.

For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

I have smitten them through, so that they are not able to rise; they are fallen under my feet.

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle - See the note at Psalm 18:32. Compare Job 12:18; Proverbs 31:17.
Thou hast subdued under me - Margin, as in Hebrew, caused to bow. That is, God had caused them to submit to him; he had enabled him to overcome them; still acknowledging that all this was from God, and that the praise was due to Him, and not to the power of his own arm.

For thou hast girded me with strength unto battle,.... See Psalm 18:32; that natural strength, courage and valour, which David had, were from the Lord; and so is the Spirit of power, love, and of a sound mind, which believers have; and likewise that strength which Christ, as man, had and used in his combat with the powers of darkness; see Psalm 80:17;
thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me; as the psalmist ascribes his strength, so he attributes his success to the Lord; who likewise subdues the sins of his people, and all other enemies of theirs, and who also makes the enemies of his Son his footstool, Psalm 110:1.

that rose up against me--literally, "insurgents" (Psalm 3:1; Psalm 44:5).