Psalm 3/Notes/Lexical.v. 9.269394
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
- The people mentioned in the last line must be "those who are fighting for David" (Ibn Ezra: הם הנלחמים בעבור דוד; cf. Radak: עמך במלחמה הזאת). The word עַם sometimes refers to an army (e.g., Josh 8:1—עַם הַמִּלְחָמָה; see BDB entry 2d for עַם I).