38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. …
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines. …
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. …
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 (2 Sam. 22:32): Who is God, save the Lord ? All others that are adored as deities are counterfeits and pretenders. None is to be relied on but he. Who is a rock, save our God ? They are dead, but the Lord liveth , 2 Sam. 22:47…
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