2 Samuel 22:47
The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! May the God who saves me be praised!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
In Context
46They lose heart, and come trembling in surrender from their strongholds.
48God avenges me, he puts peoples under me,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39Listen! I am the only God! There is no other God except me! I bring death, and I give life; I wound, and I heal. No one can be rescued from my power.
2 Samuel 22:3He is my God, my rock who protects me. He shields me from harm, his power saves me, he keeps me safe. He is my protector; he is my savior; he saves me from violence.
Psalms 89:26He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.’
Luke 1:47I am so happy with God my Savior,
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 →