2 Samuel 22:5
The waves of death swept over me; surging waters of destruction flooded over me;
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
In Context
4I call for help from the Lord, who should be praised, and he saves me from those who hate me.
6The grave wound its ropes around me; death set snares for me.
Cross References
Psalms 42:8But every day the Lord shows me his trustworthy love; every night he gives me songs to sing—a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 93:3The floods have raised up, Lord; the floods have raised their voices; the floods have raised up their crashing waves.
Jeremiah 46:7Who is this that's coming, rising like the Nile, like swirling rivers whose waters flood?
1 Thessalonians 5:3When people talk about peace and security suddenly they will be completely ruined. It will be just like the sudden onset of childbirth, and they certainly won't escape.
Revelation 17:1One of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and talked with me. “Come here,” he said, “and I will show you the judgment of the infamous prostitute that sits beside 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 →