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2 Samuel 22:44

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.

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Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Samuel 22:2-51

Let us observe, in this song of praise,

I. How David adores God, and gives him the glory of his infinite perfections. There is none like him, nor any to be compared with him (Sa2 22:32): Who is God,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

2 Samuel 22:44-46

The establishment of David's dominion

44. from the strivings of my people The reference seems to be to the civil wars and internal dissensions which had disturbed the early years of David's reign,…