2 Samuel 22:3
God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.
4I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
Cross References
Genesis 15:1Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great.
Deuteronomy 32:37And he shall say: Where are their gods, in whom they trusted?
1 Samuel 2:1My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies: because I have joyed in thy salvation.
2 Samuel 22:51Giving great salvation to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for ever.
Psalms 5:12But let all them be glad that hope in thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee:
Psalms 9:10And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.
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 →