“I Will Let God Judge My Enemies” (vv. 6-7). These two verses have puzzled translators and expositors, but the general message seems clear. David continued to pray for his enemies, and he saw a day coming when God would judge them and vindicate his own cause (138:8; 140:12). Perhaps it is best to translate the verbs “Let the judges be thrown down … let them learn that my words were true … let them say, ‘As one plows.…’” To throw people from a cliff was a terrible form of execution (2 Chron. 25:12; Luke 4:29), but David is no doubt speaking in metaphorical language as in verses 1-5. When God has judged the leaders, their followers will agree that David’s words were correct, especially when they see the unburied bones of those leaders bleaching in the sun. The scavenger birds and beasts will have stripped their corpses of flesh. If “they” in verse 7 refers to David’s men, the idea may be that they are willing to die for David’s cause and be “plowed under,” for this will eventually bring a harvest of righteousness to the land. The image is similar to that in 129:1-4. However, the first explanation is better.