2 Samuel 22:46

46 Foreigners lose heart and come trembling ^[a] from their strongholds.

2 Samuel 22:46 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 22:46

Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of
their close places.] (See Gill on Psalms 18:45).

2 Samuel 22:46 In-Context

44 You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

45 Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.

46 Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

47 The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—

48 the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,

Footnotes

• [a]. Some LXX manuscripts and Vulgate (see also Psalms 18:45); MT and arm themselves