2 Samuel 22:18
18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
Other Translations of 2 Samuel 22:18
King James Version
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
English Standard Version
18 He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
The Message
18 Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning.
New King James Version
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; For they were too strong for me.
New Living Translation
18 He rescued me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:18
Chapter Contents
David's psalm of thanksgiving.
This chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards nearly as 2 Timothy 4:18. Those who receive signal mercies from God, ought to give him the glory. In the day that God delivered David, he sang this song. While the mercy is fresh, and we are most affected with it, let the thank-offering be brought, to be kindled with the fire of that affection. All his joys and hopes close, as all our hopes should do, in the great Redeemer.