2 Samuel 22:20
And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
In Context
19He prevented me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my stay.
Cross References
Genesis 26:22Going forward from thence, he digged another well, for which they contended not: therefore he called the name thereof, Latitude, saying: Now hath the Lord given us room, and made us to increase upon the earth.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he prayed for.
Psalms 31:8I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou best regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.
Psalms 118:5In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me.
Psalms 149:4dummy verses inserted by amos
Hosea 4:16For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.
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 →