2 Samuel 22:18
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
Majority Standard Bible
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 reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
19They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Cross References
Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
Psalms 56:9Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
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 →