2 Samuel 22:19
They came on me in the day of my trouble: but the Lord was my support.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
In Context
20He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.
Psalms 18:18\18:17\He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
Psalms 71:20You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.
Isaiah 26:19Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
Isaiah 50:10Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.
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 →