2 Samuel 22:47
LORD lives. And blessed be my rock. And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
In Context
46The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their hiding places.
48Even the God who executes vengeance for me, and who brings down peoples under me,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me. I kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal. And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
2 Samuel 22:3God, 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.
Psalms 89:26He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Luke 1:47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
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 →