2 Samuel 22:39

I have sent destruction on them and given them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

In Context

38I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

40For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who came out against me.

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Cross References

1 Kings 5:17By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

Psalms 110:1A Psalm. Of David. The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

Psalms 118:10All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

Malachi 4:3And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.

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 →

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