2 Samuel 22:48
It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
In Context
47The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured:
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:30And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;
2 Samuel 18:19Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said, Let me go and give the king news of how the Lord has done right in his cause against those who took up arms against him.
Psalms 94:1O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
Psalms 144:2He is my strength, and my Rock; my high tower, and my saviour; my keeper and my hope: he gives me authority over my people.
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 →