2 Samuel 22:48
God—who is giving vengeance to me, || And bringing down peoples under me,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
In Context
47YHWH lives, and blessed [is] my Rock, || And exalted is my God—The Rock of my salvation.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:30And it has been, when YHWH does to my lord according to all the good which He has spoken concerning you, and appointed you for leader over Israel,
2 Samuel 18:19And Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run, and I bear the king tidings, for YHWH has delivered him out of the hand of his enemies”;
Psalms 94:1God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
Psalms 144:2My kind one, and my bulwark, || My tower, and my deliverer, || My shield, and in whom I have trusted, || Who is subduing 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 →