44 Thou hast also delivered me from the contentions of my [a]people: thou hast preserved me to be the head over nations: the people which I knew not, do serve me.

45 Strangers [b]shall be in subjection to me: as soon as they hear, they shall obey me.

46 Strangers shall shrink away, and fear in their privy chambers.

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:44 Meaning, of the Jews, who conspired against me.
  2. 2 Samuel 22:45 Not willingly obeying me, but dissemblingly.

44 “You have delivered(A) me from the attacks of the peoples;
    you have preserved(B) me as the head of nations.
People(C) I did not know now serve me,
45     foreigners cower(D) before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.(E)
46 They all lose heart;
    they come trembling[a](F) from their strongholds.

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:46 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:45); Masoretic Text they arm themselves