The Meaning of 2 Samuel 22:48 Explained

2 Samuel 22:48

KJV: It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

YLT: God -- who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing down peoples under me,

Darby: The God who hath avenged me, And hath brought the peoples under me.

ASV: Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And that bringeth down peoples under me,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

It [is] God  that avengeth  me, and that bringeth down  the people  under me, 

What does 2 Samuel 22:48 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 22

1  David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's deliverance and blessings

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 22:48 mean?

[it is] God who avenges vengeance me and subdues the peoples under me
הָאֵ֕ל הַנֹּתֵ֥ן נְקָמֹ֖ת לִ֑י וּמוֹרִ֥יד עַמִּ֖ים תַּחְתֵּֽנִי

הָאֵ֕ל  [it  is]  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵל 
Sense: god, god-like one, mighty one.
הַנֹּתֵ֥ן  who  avenges 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
נְקָמֹ֖ת  vengeance 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: נְקָמָה  
Sense: vengeance.
לִ֑י  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
וּמוֹרִ֥יד  and  subdues 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
עַמִּ֖ים  the  peoples 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
תַּחְתֵּֽנִי  under  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.