2 Samuel 22:18
He rescued me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me and who were much stronger than me.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
In Context
17He reached down his hand from above and grabbed hold of me. He dragged me out of the deep water.
19They came at me at my worst possible moment, but the Lord supported me.
Cross References
Psalms 3:7Stand up for me, Lord! Save me, my God! Hit all my enemies on the cheek; break the teeth of the wicked!
Psalms 56:9Then those who hate me will run away when I call for your help. For I know this: God is for me!
2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength so that I could declare the whole of the message so that all the foreigners could hear it. I was rescued out of the lion's mouth!
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 →