2 Samuel 22:38
I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
In Context
37You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.
39I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:18Now the Philistines, arriving, spread themselves out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 8:1Now after these things, it happened that David struck the Philistines, and he humbled them. And David took the bridle of tribute from the hand of the Philistines.
2 Samuel 10:14Then, seeing that the Syrians had fled, the sons of Ammon themselves also fled from the face of Abishai, and they entered into the city. And Joab returned from the sons of Ammon, and he went to Jerusalem.
Romans 8:37But in all these things we overcome, because of him who has loved us.
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 →