2 Samuel 22:48
the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
In Context
47The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
49who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:30When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
2 Samuel 18:19Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
Psalms 94:1O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
Psalms 144:2He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples 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 →