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2 Samuel 22:44

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Samuel 22:44 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
2 Samuel 22:44 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Samuel 22

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
42They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
43Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
45The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.
46The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
47Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“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.] (See Gill on “<191843>Psalm 18:43”).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“delivered: Sa2 3:1, Sa2 5:1, Sa2 18:6-8, Sa2 19:9, Sa2 19:14, Sa2 20:1, Sa2 20:2, Sa2 20:22; Psa 2:1-6, Psa 18:43; Act 4:25-28; Act 5:30, Act 5:31 head: Sa2 8:1-14; Deu 28:13; Psa 2:8, Psa 60:8, Psa 60:9, Psa 72:8, Psa 72:9, Psa 110:6; Isa 60:12; Dan 7:14; Rom 15:12; Rev 11:15 a people: Isa 55:5, Isa 65:1; Hos 2:23; Rom 9:25 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 22:45”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“44 And Thou rescuest me out of the strivings of my people, Preservest me to be the head of the heathen. People that I knew not serve me. 45 The sons of the stranger dissemble to me, Upon hearsay they obey me. 46 The sons of the stranger despair, And tremble out of their castles. By "the strivings of my people" the more indefinite expression in the psalm, "strivings of the people," is explained. The words refer to the domestic conflicts of David, out of which the Lord delivered him, such as the opposition of Ishbosheth and the rebellions of Absalom and Sheba. These deliverances formed the prelude and basis of his dominion over the heathen. Consequently תּשׁמרני (Thou preservest me to be the…”
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