2 Samuel 22:48
It is God that giueth me power to reuenge me, and subdue the people vnder me,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
In Context
47Let the Lord liue, and blessed be my strength: and God, euen the force of my saluation be exalted.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:30And when the Lord shall haue done to my lord al the good that he hath promised thee, and shall haue made thee ruler ouer Israel,
2 Samuel 18:19Then said Ahimaaz the sonne of Zadok, I pray thee, let me runne, and beare the King tidings that the Lord hath deliuered him out of the hande of his enemies.
Psalms 94:1O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.
Psalms 144:2He is my goodnes and my fortresse, my towre and my deliuerer, my shield, and in him I trust, which subdueth my people vnder 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 →