“You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 22 contains 51 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.