2 Samuel 22:39

I shall waste them, and I shall break them, that they rise not; they shall fall under my feet. (I shall break them, and I shall destroy them, so that they shall not rise again; they shall all fall under my feet.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

In Context

38I shall pursue mine enemies, and I shall all-brake them; and I shall not turn again, till I waste them, (or and I shall not return, until I destroy them).

40Thou hast girded me with strength to battle; thou hast bowed under me them that stood against me. (Thou hast girded me with strength for the battle; thou hast put those who stood against me under me.)

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Cross References

1 Kings 5:17And the king commanded, that they should take great stones, and precious stones/and heavy stones, into the foundament of the temple, (And the king commanded, that they should cut great fine stones or great heavy stones, for the foundation of the Temple,)

Psalms 110:1The psalm of David. The Lord said to my Lord; Sit thou on my right side. Till I put thine enemies a stool of thy feet. ( A song by David. The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand; until I make thy enemies into thy footstool.)

Psalms 118:10All folks (en)compassed me; and in the name of the Lord it befelled, for I am avenged on them. (All the nations surrounded me; but in the name of the Lord, I shall be avenged upon them or I shall destroy them.)

Malachi 4:3And ye shall tread the unpious men, when they shall be ashes under the sole (s) of your feet, in the day in which I do, saith the Lord of hosts. (And ye shall tread upon the unrighteous, or upon the wicked, when they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day in which I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.)

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 →

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