2 Samuel 22:40

40 You have clothed me with strength for battle; You subdue my adversaries beneath me.^[a]

2 Samuel 22:40 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 22:40

For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that
rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
] (See Gill on Psalms 18:39).

2 Samuel 22:40 In-Context

38 I pursue my enemies and destroy them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

39 I wipe them out and crush them, and they do not rise; they fall beneath my feet.

40 You have clothed me with strength for battle; You subdue my adversaries beneath me.

41 You have made my enemies retreat before me; I annihilate those who hated me.

42 They look, but there is no one to save [them]- [they look] to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ps 44:5