“"He has delivered Me from My strongest enemies" [Psalm 18:17]. He has delivered Me from Mine enemies, who prevailed to the afflicting and overturning of this temporal life of Mine. "And from them which hate Me; for they are too strong for Me:" as long as I am under them knowing not God.”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 18
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17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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In context
15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
— Psalms 18:17 —
18They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.