2 Samuel 22:44

44 “You gave me victory over my accusers. You preserved me as the ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now 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 for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the LORD, but he refused to answer.

43 I ground them as fine as the dust of the earth; I trampled them in the gutter like dirt.

44 “You gave me victory over my accusers. You preserved me as the ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me.

45 Foreign nations cringe before me; as soon as they hear of me, they submit.

46 They all lose their courage and come trembling from their strongholds.