2 Samuel 22:18
He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters;
19They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.
Cross References
Psalms 3:7(3-8) Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God; for Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek, Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Psalms 56:9(56-10) Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call; this I know, that God is for me.
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 →