2 Samuel 22:41
And my enemies thou causest to turn their back to me; those that hate me,—that I may destroy them.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
In Context
40For thou hast girded me with strength for the war; thou subduest my opponents under me.
42They look about, but there is none to help; unto the Lord—but he answereth them not.
Cross References
Exodus 23:27My terror will I send before thee, and will bring in confusion all the people to which thou shalt come; and I will make all thy enemies turn their back unto thee.
Psalms 18:40(18:41) And my enemies thou causest to turn their back to me; and those that hate me,—that I may destroy them.
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 →