The God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.
Parallel translations
- WEB even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
- KJV It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
- BSB the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
- NKJV It is God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me;
- NLT He is the God who pays back those who harm me; he subdues the nations under me
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Quick answer
David praises God as the one who avenges him and subdues nations under him. Justice and dominion alike come from the Lord.
Overview
David recognizes that vengeance belongs to God, who righteously repays David's enemies and grants him rule over peoples. This guards against personal vindictiveness by leaving judgment to God (cf. Rom 12:19). The God who executes justice for his anointed will finally vindicate his Messiah and all who are his.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 47:3He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet.
- Rom 12:19Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- 2 Sam 22:48even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down peoples under me,
- Ps 144:2my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.
- Nah 1:2Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
- Deut 32:35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”
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