2 Samuel 22:18
He made me free from my strong hater, from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
In Context
17He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
19They came on me in the day of my trouble: but the Lord was my support.
Cross References
Psalms 3:7\3:6\I will have no fear, though ten thousand have come round me, putting themselves against me.
Psalms 56:9\56:8\You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?
2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51
David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →