2 Samuel 22:19
They came upon me in the day of my calamity, but LORD was my support.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
In Context
18He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
20He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain. And David made haste to get away for fear of Saul. For Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about to take them.
Psalms 18:18They came upon me in the day of my calamity, but LORD was my stay.
Psalms 71:20Thou, who have shown us many and great troubles, will revive us again, and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
Isaiah 26:19Thy dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye who dwell in the dust, for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
Isaiah 50:10Who is among you that fears LORD, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of LORD, and rely upon his God.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51
David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →