2 Samuel 22:44 meaning and explanation

You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

2 Samuel 22:44, Berean Standard Bible

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David sings this song near the end of his life, looking back on years of conflict. The strife of my people points to the long civil war with Saul's house and later Absalom's rebellion, when David's own nation was divided against him.

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