2 Samuel 22:45
Good News Translation
Foreigners bow before me; when they hear me, they obey.

New Revised Standard Version
Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

Contemporary English Version
They obey and come crawling.

New American Bible
Foreigners cringed before me; as soon as they heard of me they obeyed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.

Strangers [heb] Sons of the stranger

Isaiah 56:3,6 And let not the son of the stranger, that adhereth to the Lord, speak, saying: The Lord will divide and separate me from his people. And let not the eunuch say: Behold I am a dry tree. . . .

submit themselves.

Deuteronomy 33:29 Blessed art thou, Israel: who is like to thee, O people, that art saved by the Lord? the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy glory: thy enemies shall deny thee, and thou shalt tread upon their necks.

Psalm 18:44,45 A people which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me. . . .

Psalm 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.

Psalm 81:15 The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.

Acts 8:13,21-23 Then Simon himself believed also and, being baptized, he adhered to Philip. And being astonished, wondered to see the signs and exceeding great miracles which were done. . . .

Context
David's Song of Deliverance
44Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know not, shall serve me, 45The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.46The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29
Blessed art thou, Israel: who is like to thee, O people, that art saved by the Lord? the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy glory: thy enemies shall deny thee, and thou shalt tread upon their necks.

Psalm 66:3
Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.

Psalm 81:15
The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.

2 Samuel 22:44
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