2 Samuel 22:44

You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have kept me to be head of the nations: a people whom I knew not shall serve me.

2 Samuel 8:1-14

And after this it came to pass, that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

Isaiah 55:5

Behold, you shall call a nation that you know not, and nations that knew not you shall run unto you because of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.

2 Samuel 3:1

Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

Deuteronomy 28:13

And the LORD shall make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if that you hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do them:

2 Samuel 19:9

And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land because of Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:14

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return you, and all your servants.

2 Samuel 5:1

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

2 Samuel 18:6-8

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim;

2 Samuel 20:1-2

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

Psalm 2:1-6

Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

Psalm 2:8

Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.

Psalm 18:43

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Psalm 60:8-9

Moab is my washpot; upon Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph you because of me.

Psalm 72:8-9

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

Psalm 110:6

He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall crush the heads over many countries.

Isaiah 60:12

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Isaiah 65:1

I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

Daniel 7:14

And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Hosea 2:23

And I will sow her for myself in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them who were not my people, you are my people; and they shall say, you are my God.

Acts 4:25-28

Who by the mouth of your servant David has said, Why did the nations rage, and the people imagine vain things?

Acts 5:30-31

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew and hanged on a tree.

Romans 9:25

As he says also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people; and her beloved, who was not beloved.

Romans 15:12

And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

Revelation 11:15

And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

Bible References

Delivered

2 Samuel 3:1
Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
2 Samuel 5:1
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
2 Samuel 18:6
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim;
2 Samuel 19:9
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land because of Absalom.
2 Samuel 20:1
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
Psalm 2:1
Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalm 18:43
You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Acts 4:25
Who by the mouth of your servant David has said, Why did the nations rage, and the people imagine vain things?
Acts 5:30
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew and hanged on a tree.

Head

2 Samuel 8:1
And after this it came to pass, that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
Deuteronomy 28:13
And the LORD shall make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if that you hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do them:
Psalm 2:8
Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
Psalm 60:8
Moab is my washpot; upon Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph you because of me.
Psalm 72:8
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Psalm 110:6
He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall crush the heads over many countries.
Isaiah 60:12
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
Daniel 7:14
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Romans 15:12
And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever.

A people

Isaiah 55:5
Behold, you shall call a nation that you know not, and nations that knew not you shall run unto you because of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.
Isaiah 65:1
I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her for myself in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them who were not my people, you are my people; and they shall say, you are my God.
Romans 9:25
As he says also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people; and her beloved, who was not beloved.