2 Samuel 22:46 (WEB)

Passage

The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 22:44 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.

2 Samuel 22:45 The foreigners will submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me.

2 Samuel 22:46 The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.

2 Samuel 22:47 Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "foreigners", "fade", "away", "come", "trembling", "close", and "places". 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 "The foreigners will submit themselves to me..." into verse 47's "Yahweh lives Blessed be my rock Exalted...", 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.