Psalms 18:17
and saved me from those who hated me – fierce foes, too mighty for me.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
In Context
16He stretched from on high, he seized me, drew me up from the mighty waters,
18In my day of distress they assailed me, but the Lord proved my support.
Cross References
Psalms 18:40You made my foes turn their back to me, and those who did hate me I finished.
Psalms 35:10and all my being will say, “Who, O Lord, is like you, who save the helpless from those too strong for them, the poor and the helpless from those who despoil them?”
Psalms 69:4More than the hairs of my head are those who wantonly hate me. More than my bones in number are those who are falsely my foes. That which I never robbed, how am I then to restore?
Psalms 138:7Though my way be distressful, yet you preserve me: you lay your hand on my angry foes, and your right hand gives me victory.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:2-20
David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. 1 I will love thee, O Lord , my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my… Read the whole commentary →