2 Samuel 22:44

44 "¹You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; ²You have kept me as head of the nations; ³A people whom I have not known serve 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; Even to the LORD , but He did not answer them.

43 "Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.

44 "You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.

45 "Foreigners pretend obedience to me; As soon as they hear , they obey me.

46 "Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling out of their fortresses.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Samuel 3:1; 2 Samuel 19:9, 14
• 2. 2 Samuel 8:1-14
• 3. Isaiah 55:5