2 Samuel 22:18
He rescued me from my strong enemy, 1 from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 above; he took hold of me! 1 He pulled me out of the surging water. 1
19They came against me on the day of my distress, 1 but Yahweh was my support. 1
Cross References
Psalms 3:7Rise up, Yahweh! Save me, my God! 1 For you will hit all my enemies on the jaw; 1 you will break the teeth of the wicked. 1
Psalms 56:9Then my enemies will turn back on the day that I call to you; 1 this I know, that God is for me. 1
2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me so that, through me, the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear it; and that I was rescued out of the lion'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 →