2 Samuel 22:38

I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them. This refers to the course of uninterrupted conquest that had attended his arms in the wars undertaken against the enemies of Israel. The language seems borrowed (Exodus 15:9). 'David's kingdom was, is, and ever shall be a victorious kingdom. Any temporal limitation of this declaration is inadmissible, as David's celebration of the divine grace cannot be narrower than this grace itself, partly already bestowed on him, and partly held in promise, which found its culminating point in Christ' (Hengstenberg).