40 You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
40 For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
40 You armed me well for this fight; you smashed the upstarts.
40 For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose against me.
40 You have armed me with strength for the battle; you have subdued my enemies under my feet.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:40
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David's psalm of thanksgiving.
This chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards nearly as 2 Timothy 4:18. Those who receive signal mercies from God, ought to give him the glory. In the day that God delivered David, he sang this song. While the mercy is fresh, and we are most affected with it, let the thank-offering be brought, to be kindled with the fire of that affection. All his joys and hopes close, as all our hopes should do, in the great Redeemer.