2 Samuel 22:43

43 I beat them fine ¹as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down ²like the mire of the streets.

2 Samuel 22:43 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 22:43

Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did
stamp them as the mire of the street, [and] did spread them abroad.
] (See Gill on Psalms 18:42).

2 Samuel 22:43 In-Context

41 You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them.

42 They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.

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

44 “You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.

45 Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

Cross References

• 1. 22:43 2 Kgs. 13:7
• 2. 22:43 Isa. 10:6; Mic. 7:10; Zech. 10:5