48 He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under me,

Other Translations of 2 Samuel 22:48

King James Version

48 It is God that avengeth avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

English Standard Version

48 the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,

The Message

48 This God set things right for me and shut up the people who talked back.

New King James Version

48 It is God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me;

New Living Translation

48 He is the God who pays back those who harm me; he brings down the nations under me

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:48

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.