2 Samuel 22:28
And the afflicted people Thou dost save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
27With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.
29For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And the LORD said: 'I have surely seen the affliction of My people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their pains;
Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of the Hebrews: How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before Me? let My people go, that they may serve Me.
Job 40:11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Psalms 140:12(140-13) I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
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 →