2 Samuel 22:44

44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of peoples; thou hast kept me to be head of the Gentiles; peoples whom I did not know have 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 no one to save them; even unto the LORD, but he did not answer them.

43 Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth; I stamped them as the mire of the street and spread them abroad.

44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of peoples; thou hast kept me to be head of the Gentiles; peoples whom I did not know have served me.

45 The strangers trembled before my command; as soon as they heard, they obeyed me.

46 The strangers withered away and trembled in their close places.