2 Samuel 22:46

46 "Foreigners * lose heart, ¹And come trembling out of their fortresses.

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 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.

47 "The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

48 The God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me,

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 14:11; Micah 7:17

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "languish"
• [b] Lit "gird themselves"
• [c] Lit "fastnesses"