2 Samuel 22:28
And the afflicted people thou wilt save; but thy eyes are upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
27With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt wage a contest.
29For thou art my lamp, O Lord! and the Lord will enlighten my darkness.
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And the Lord said, I have truly seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard its cry by reason of its taskmasters; yea, I know its sorrows;
Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Eternal, the God of the Hebrews, How long yet wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Job 40:11Scatter abroad the ragings of thy wrath, and look on every proud one, and humble him.
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he crieth; the afflicted also, who hath no helper.
Psalms 140:12(140:13) I know that the Lord will procure right for the afflicted, [and] justice for the needy.
Isaiah 2:11The looks of human pride shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bent down: and exalted shall be the Lord alone on 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 →