2 Samuel 22:41
And my enemies—You give to me the neck, || Those hating me—and I cut them off.
Literal Standard Version
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
40And You gird me [with] strength for battle, || You cause my withstanders to bow under me.
42They look, and there is no savior; To YHWH, and He has not answered them.
Cross References
Exodus 23:27I send My terror before you, and I have put to death all the people among whom you come, and I have given the neck of all your enemies to you.
Psalms 18:40As for my enemies—You have given to me the neck, || As for those hating me—I cut them off.
Luke 19:14and his citizens were hating him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.
2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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 →