2 Samuel 22:49
He leads me away from my enemies, and he lifts me up from those who resist me. You will free me from the iniquitous man.
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48God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.
50Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name:
Cross References
Numbers 24:7Water shall flow from his jar, and his offspring shall be amid many waters, because Agag, his king, shall be taken, and his kingdom shall be removed.
1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them.
2 Samuel 7:8And now, so shall you speak to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pastures, from following the sheep, so that you would be the leader over my people Israel.
Psalms 140:1A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried out to you, hear me. Attend to my voice, when I cry out to you.
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 →