2 Samuel 22:44

44 “You delivered me from strife with my people; ^[a] you kept me as the head of ¹the nations; ²people whom 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, 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.

46 Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.

Cross References

• 1. 22:44 See ch. 8:1-14
• 2. 22:44 Isa. 55:5

Footnotes

• [a] 22:44 Septuagint 'with the peoples'