2 Samuel 22:20
And he brought me forth into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
In Context
19They encountered me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Cross References
Genesis 26:22And he removed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth, and said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that thou wouldest richly bless me, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God brought about what he had requested.
Psalms 31:8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.
Psalms 118:5I called upon Jah in distress; Jah answered me [and set me] in a large place.
Psalms 149:4For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people; he beautifieth the meek with salvation.
Hosea 4:16For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [pasture].
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 →