Psalms 18:17
He hath deliuered mee from my strong enemie, and from them which hate me: for they were too strong for me.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 hath sent downe from aboue and taken mee: hee hath drawen mee out of many waters.
18They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:1And Dauid spake the woordes of this song vnto the Lord, what time the Lord had deliuered him out of the handes of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
Job 16:9His wrath hath torne me, and hee hateth me, and gnasheth vpon mee with his teeth: mine enemie hath sharpened his eyes against me.
Psalms 18:40And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
Psalms 35:10All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is too strong for him! yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him!
Psalms 69:4They that hate mee without a cause, are moe then the heares of mine heade: they that would destroy mee, and are mine enemies falsly, are mightie, so that I restored that which I tooke not.
Psalms 138:7Though I walke in the middes of trouble, yet wilt thou reuiue me: thou wilt stretch foorth thine hand vpon the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall saue me.
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 →