2 Samuel 22:18
He delivereth me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I.
Young's Literal Translation
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 sendeth from above — He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.
19They are before me in a day of my calamity, And Jehovah is my support,
Cross References
Psalms 3:7Rise, O Jehovah! save me, my God. Because Thou hast smitten All mine enemies [on] the cheek. The teeth of the wicked Thou hast broken.
Psalms 56:9Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.
2 Timothy 4:17and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed 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 →