2 Samuel 22:5
For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
In Context
4I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies.
6The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me.
Cross References
Psalms 93:3How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?
Jeremiah 46:7Who is this, who ascends like a flood, and whose streams swell up, like those of the rivers?
1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they will say, “Peace and security!” then destruction will suddenly overwhelm them, like the labor pains of a woman with child, and they will not escape.
Revelation 17:1And one of the seven Angels, those who hold the seven bowls, approached and spoke with me, saying: “Come, I will show you the condemnation of the great harlot, who sits upon many waters.
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 →