2 Samuel 22:3
God, my rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. Thou save me from violence.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2And he said, LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine.
4I will call upon LORD, who is worthy to be praised. So I shall be saved from my enemies.
Cross References
Genesis 15:1After these things the word of LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram. I am thy shield, thy exceedingly great reward.
Deuteronomy 32:37And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart exults in LORD. My horn is exalted in LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in thy salvation.
2 Samuel 22:51He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
Psalms 5:12For thou will bless the righteous man, O LORD. Thou will encompass him with favor as with a shield. Selah.
Psalms 9:10And those who know thy name will put their trust in thee, for thou, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek thee.
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 →