even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down peoples under me,
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even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down peoples under me,
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It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
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Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth down peoples under me,
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to 2 Samuel 22:48 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 94:1 Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
- Psalms 144:2 my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
- 1 Samuel 25:30 It will come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel,
- 1 Samuel 25:39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.
- 2 Samuel 18:19 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me now run and carry the king news, how Yahweh has avenged him of his enemies.”
- 2 Samuel 18:31 Behold, the Cushite came. The Cushite said, “News for my lord the king, for Yahweh has avenged you today of all those who rose up against you.”
- Psalms 110:1 Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 48. Gives vengeance to me — Executes merited punishment…
48. Gives vengeance to me — Executes merited punishment on my enemies. Thus to Jehovah belongs vengeance. Deu_32:35; Rom_12:19.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 48. avengeth me] For the wrongs inflicted by Saul…
48. avengeth me] For the wrongs inflicted by Saul (1Sa_24:12); for the insults of Nabal (1Sa_25:39); for the opposition of those who refused to acknowledge him as king (ch. 2Sa_4:8). Vengeance is the prerogative of God (Psa_94:1), and the visible execution of it was anxiously looked for as His vindication of the righteousness and innocence of His servants.
bringeth down the people under me] The reference seems to be, as in 2Sa_22:44, to his success in overcoming internal opposition to his rule. It is not the boast of a triumphant despot, but the thanksgiving of a ruler who recognised the vital importance of union for the prosperity of Israel, and the extreme difficulty of reconciling all the discordant elements in the nation, and knew that it was a task beyond his unaided powers. Cp. Psa_144:2. The Sept. reads “disciplineth.”
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain The people under me.
2Sa_22:48
The people under me.
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Majesty of the people
The word people has, by the French, been long applied to the lowest order only; it was considered by many members of the first National Assembly as lowering the Deputies to denominate them Representans du Peuple Francais. Mirabeau, in one of his discourses, made the following energetic observation:--I give no weight to the signification of words, according to the absurd language of prejudice. I here speak the language of liberty, and am supported by the example of the English and of the Americans, who have always respected the name of the People, and have always adopted it in their declarations, in their laws, and in their politics. When Chatham compressed the charter of nations in a single expression, and pronounced the Majesty of the People; when the Americana opposed the natural rights of the People, to all the trash published against them; they showed that they understood the true signification and full energy of an expression, to which freedom gives so great a value. (Christian Weekly.)
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