2 Samuel 22:18
He rescued me from my foe, in his might,—from them who hated me, because they were too strong for me:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 sent from on high, he took me,—he drew me out of many waters;
19They confronted me, in the day of my necessity,—then became Yahweh my stay:
Cross References
Psalms 3:7Rise! Yahweh, Save me, my God. Surely thou hast smitten all my foes on the cheekbone, The teeth of the lawless, hast thou broken.
Psalms 56:9Then, shall my foes turn back, in the day I cry, This, I know, for God is mine!
2 Timothy 4:17But, the Lord, stood by me, and empowered me, in order that, through me, the proclamation, might be fully made, and, all the nations, might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of a lion:—
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 →