2 Samuel 22:28
For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.
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29For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;
Exodus 10:3Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.
Job 40:11\40:16\His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.
Psalms 72:12For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.
Psalms 140:12\140:11\Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.
Isaiah 2:11The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
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 →