2 Samuel 22:40
40 You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
Other Translations of 2 Samuel 22:40
King James Version
40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued
English Standard Version
40 For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
The Message
40 You armed me well for this fight; you smashed the upstarts.
New King James Version
40 For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose against me.
New Living Translation
40 You have armed me with strength for the battle; you have subdued my enemies under my feet.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:40
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.