2 Samuel 22:40

For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

In Context

39And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, that they cannot arise; yea, they are fallen under my feet.

41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me; yea, them that hate me, that I might cut them off.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:5And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

Psalms 18:39(18-40) For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Psalms 144:2My lovingkindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in whom I take refuge; who subdueth my people under me.

Isaiah 60:14And the sons of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee, and all they that despised thee shall bow down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of the LORD, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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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