2 Samuel 22:38
I pursue mine enemies and destroy them, And I turn not till they are consumed.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
In Context
37Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.
39And I consume them, and smite them, And they rise not, and fall under my feet.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:18and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 8:1And it cometh to pass afterwards that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and David taketh the bridle of the metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 Samuel 10:14and the Bene-Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee from the presence of Abishai, and go in to the city; and Joab turneth back from the Bene-Ammon, and cometh in to Jerusalem.
Romans 8:37but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;
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 →