It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
It is God that avengeth me, and bringeth down the people under me. The reference is to Saul and other malignant enemies, on whom he did not execute vengeance himself, but left it to Him to whom vengeance belongeth. God had effected that result, and David here acknowledges it with gratitude and joy, not as gratified by the punishment inflicted as on his personal enemies, but on the enemies of God, through his gratified by the punishment inflicted as on his personal enemies, but on the enemies of God, through his instrumentality.