the Philistines. Compare Psalms 60:8; Psalms 60:9; Psalms 108:9; Psalms 108:10; Isaiah 11:14.
cut off the Cherethims. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew. lrikralti larethim. in English,. will cut off the cutters off.
Cherethims. A tribe of the Philistines (1 Samuel 30:14.Zephaniah 2:5; Zephaniah 2:5). David's body-guard, drawn partly from them.