He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Ver. 22. He mocketh at fear, &c.] Heb. He laugheth, by an elegant prosopopoeia, a such as this Book is full of. Non vanes horret strepitus. He feareth no colours when once engaged in fight, but counts that a sport and play whereof others are afraid.
Neither turneth he back from the sword] Or any other offensive weapons; these cannot make him turn tail or recoil. He is never more furious than when he sees himself covered with blood. - Vires animosque a vulnere sumit; being wounded, he biteth and kicketh, and fighteth no less stoutly than the rider himself doth.
a A rhetorical figure by which an inanimate or abstract thing is represented as a person, or with personal characteristics: = personification