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2 Samuel 22:48

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22:48The one true God completely vindicates me;123

he makes nations submit to me.124

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Footnotes

  1. 123 Heb “The God is the one who grants vengeance to me.” The plural form of the noun “vengeance” indicates degree here, suggesting complete vengeance or vindication. In the ancient Near East military victory was sometimes viewed as a sign that one’s God had judged in favor of the victor, avenging and/or vindicating him. See, for example, Judg 11:27, 32–33, 36.
  2. 124 Heb “and [is the one who] brings down nations beneath me.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

the God who gave me vengeance

and brought down peoples under me,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He is the God who avenges me,

who puts the nations under me,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God—he grants me vengeance

and casts down peoples under me.

NLTNew Living Translation

He is the God who pays back those who harm me;

he brings down the nations under me

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

God does vengeance for me,

bringing down peoples under me.

KJV 1900King James Version

It is God that avengeth me,

And that bringeth down the people under me,