2 Samuel 22:44

44 You delivered me from the strife of my people; you preserved me as the head of the nations. A people I had not known served me.

2 Samuel 22:44 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 22:44

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,
thou hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a people [which] I knew
not shall serve me.] (See Gill on Psalms 18:43).

2 Samuel 22:44 In-Context

42 They looked out, but there was no deliverer, [even] to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.

43 I beat them fine, like the dust of the earth; like the mire of the streets, I crushed them, I stamped them down.

44 You delivered me from the strife of my people; you preserved me as the head of the nations. A people I had not known served me.

45 Children of a foreign land came cringing to me; {when they heard of me}, they became obedient to me.

46 Children of a foreign land lost heart and came trembling from their strongholds.