He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
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Passages linked to 2 Samuel 22:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 3:7 Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 56:9 Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
- 2 Corinthians 1:10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
- 2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- 2 Samuel 22:1 David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain God is my strength and power: and he maketh…
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. See Gill on Psa 18:32.
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sa2 22:34He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places. See Gill on Psa 18:33.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. Strong enemy… haters — Not only Saul, but…
18. Strong enemy… haters — Not only Saul, but all those bitter enemies that first and last hated the soul of David, (2Sa_5:8, note,) not at all excepting Goliath.
Mightier than I — David never gloried in personal strength, but trusted in the God who in early life delivered him from the lion and the bear.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.