2 Samuel 22:19
They are before me in a day of my calamity, || And YHWH is my support,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
In Context
18He delivers me from my strong enemy, || From those hating me, || For they were stronger than me.
20And He brings me out to a large place, || He draws me out for He delighted in me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26And Saul goes on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain, and David is hurried to go from the face of Saul, and Saul and his men are surrounding David and his men, to catch them.
Psalms 18:18They go before me in a day of my calamity || And YHWH is for a support to me.
Psalms 71:20Because You have showed me many and sad distresses, || You turn back—You revive me, || And from the depths of the earth, || You turn back—You bring me up.
Isaiah 26:19Your dead live—My dead body, they rise. Awake and sing, you dwellers in the dust, || For the dew of herbs [is] your dew, || And you cause the land of Rephaim to fall.
Isaiah 50:10“Who [is] among you, fearing YHWH, || Listening to the voice of His Servant, || That has walked in dark places, || And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the Name of YHWH, || And lean on his God.
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 →