2 Samuel 22:18
He delivered me from my enemy, the strong, from those that hated me, when they were too mighty for me.
Leeser Tanakh
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 stretched out from above [his hand], he took me; he drew me out from the mighty waters.
19They overcame me on the day of my calamity; but the Lord became my stay;
Cross References
Psalms 3:7(3:8) Arise, O Lord, help me, O my God; for thou smitest all my enemies upon the cheek bone: the teeth of the wicked dost thou break.
Psalms 56:9(56:10) Then shall my enemies retire backward on the day when I call [on thee]: 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 →