2 Samuel 22:48
in 2 Samuel 22the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And that bringeth down peoples under me,
KJV
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
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This verse in 2 Samuel 22
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock
on 2 Samuel 22:47-49
The Lord liveth opens the song's closing doxology with a confession set against the pagan world around Israel, where a god's death was assumed as part of his own myth. Blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation stacks rock language one final time, closing the string of titles the song opened with in verses two and three. Delivered from the violent man most plainly names Saul, the same word used elsewhere of Saul's pursuit through the outlaw years, so the whole song returns to the man named in its opening verse.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me. See Gill on Psa 18:47.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָאֵ֕ל | hael | <the> God | H410 → | 241 times |
| הַנֹּתֵ֥ן | hanoten | [is] the [one who] gives | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| נְקָמֹ֖ת | nekamot | vengeance<s> | H5360 → | |
| לִ֑י | li | to <the> me | ||
| וּמוֹרִ֥יד | umorid | and [is] bringing down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| עַמִּ֖ים | ʾamim | peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| תַּחְתֵּֽנִי׃ | tachteni | under me | H8478 → | 505 times |
הָאֵ֕ל<the> God
haelH410 →241 times
הַנֹּתֵ֥ן[is] the [one who] gives
hanotenH5414 →2011 times
נְקָמֹ֖תvengeance<s>
nekamotH5360 →
לִ֑יto <the> me
li
וּמוֹרִ֥ידand [is] bringing down
umoridH3381 →381 times
עַמִּ֖יםpeoples
ʾamimH5971 →1873 times
תַּחְתֵּֽנִי׃under me
tachteniH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 110:1The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:12–13
But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- Luke 20:42–43
For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- Hebrews 1:13
Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
- Mark 12:35–37
While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
- Hebrews 10:12–13
Through
Psalms 144:2He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 22:2–3
He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
- Psalms 18:2
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- 2 Samuel 22:2–3
Through
Psalms 94:1O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
it leads to
- Isaiah 35:4
Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
- Isaiah 35:4
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About 2 Samuel
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.