2 Samuel 22:48
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth down peoples under me,
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, my Rock of salvation;
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:30And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that He hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel;
2 Samuel 18:19Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok: 'Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.'
Psalms 94:1O LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
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.
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 →