Psalms 18:17 - Exposition

He delivered me from my strong enemy . This is generally understood of Saul. By the defeat of Gilboa, and its consequences ( 1 Samuel 31:1-4 ), God delivered David from the peril of death which hung over him so long as Saul lived. And from them which hated me . David's enemies among the courtiers of Saul were powerless without their master. Many, probably, fell in the battle; the rest sank into obscurity. For they were too strong for me. I must have succumbed to them had not God helped me.