2 Samuel 22:41

And thou hast caused + 22:41 Gr. as for my enemies, thou hast given me the back.mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and thou hast slain them.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

In Context

40And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.

42They shall cry, and there + 22:42 Gr. is.shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:27And I will send terror before thee, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies to flee.

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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