2 Samuel 22:18
You rescued me from my strong enemies, from those who hated me; I could not defeat them because they were very strong.
Translation for Translators
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
17“Yahweh, you reached down from heaven and lifted me up; you pulled me up from the deep water.
19They attacked me when I was experiencing troubles/difficulties, but Yahweh, you protected me.
Cross References
Psalms 3:7Yahweh, arise! My God, come and rescue me again! You insult my enemies by slapping them on their cheeks; when you strike them, you break their teeth, with the result that they cannot hurt anyone [MET].
Psalms 56:9When I call out to you, my God, my enemies will be defeated; I know that will happen, because you are fighting for me.
2 Timothy 4:17Nevertheless, the Lord was with me and strengthened me. He enabled me to fully preach the message, and all the non-Jewish people in the court (OR, people from many nations) heard it. And I was rescued by the Lord { the Lord rescued me} from great danger, as if I were taken [MET] out of a lion’s (OR, wild animal’s) mouth.
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 →