2 Samuel 22:48
God who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
In Context
47The Lord liveth, and my God is blessed: and the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted:
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:30And when the Lord shall have done to thee, my lord, all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have made thee prince over Israel,
2 Samuel 18:19And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said: I will run and tell the king, that the Lord hath done judgment for him from the hand of his enemies.
Psalms 94:1The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
Psalms 144:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.
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 →