2 Samuel 22:46 (LSB)

Passage

Foreigners fade away, And come trembling out of their fortresses.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 22:44 You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.

2 Samuel 22:45 Foreigners cower before me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.

2 Samuel 22:46 Foreigners fade away, And come trembling out of their fortresses.

2 Samuel 22:47 Yahweh lives, and blessed be my rock; And let God, the rock of my salvation, be lifted high,

2 Samuel 22:48 The God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "foreigners", "fade", "away", "come", "trembling", and "fortresses". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "foreigners" and "fade", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 45's "Foreigners cower before me As soon as..." into verse 47's "Yahweh lives and blessed be my rock...", so "foreigners" and "fade" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "foreigners" and "fade" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.