2 Samuel 22:4
I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
In Context
5For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise.
Psalms 34:6\34:5\Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.
Psalms 50:15Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
Psalms 56:9\56:8\You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?
Psalms 66:2Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.
Psalms 106:2Who is able to give an account of the great acts of the Lord, or to make clear all his praise?
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 →