He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.

He delivers me from my enemies; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men.

But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

Your servant has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him.

Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’

David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul.

Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.

All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies. He rescued us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.

Then David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord’s servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure fortified cities for himself and get away from us.”