2 Samuel 22:4
Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
In Context
5For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said: 'Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting; and let them say: Blessed be Thy glorious Name, that is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Psalms 34:6(34-7) This poor man cried, and the LORD heard, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalms 50:15And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'
Psalms 56:9(56-10) Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call; this I know, that God is for me.
Psalms 66:2Sing praises unto the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.
Psalms 106:2Who can express the mighty acts of the LORD, or make all His praise to be heard?
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 →