2 Samuel 22:36
And You give the shield of Your salvation to me, || And Your lowliness makes me great.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
In Context
35Teaching my hands for battle, || And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms,
37You enlarge my step under me, || And my ankles have not slipped.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I make you become a great nation, and bless you, and make your name great; and be a blessing.
Genesis 22:17that blessing I bless you, and multiplying I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which [is] on the seashore; and your Seed possesses the gate of His enemies;
Psalms 84:11For YHWH God [is] a sun and a shield, || YHWH gives grace and glory. He does not withhold good || To those walking in uprightness.
Ephesians 6:16in all, having taken up the shield of faith, in which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one,
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 →