2 Samuel 22:38
I pursue my enemies and destroy them, || And I do not turn until they are consumed.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
In Context
37You enlarge my step under me, || And my ankles have not slipped.
39And I consume them, and strike them, || And they do not rise, and fall under my feet.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:18and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 8:1And it comes to pass afterward that David strikes the Philistines, and humbles them, and David takes the bridle of the metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 Samuel 10:14and the sons of Ammon have seen that Aram has fled, and they flee from the presence of Abishai, and go into the city; and Joab turns back from the sons of Ammon, and comes to Jerusalem.
Romans 8:37But in all these we more than conquer, through Him who loved us;
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 →