2 Samuel 22:47
YHWH lives, and blessed [is] my Rock, || And exalted is my God—The Rock of my salvation.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
In Context
46Sons of a stranger fade away, || And gird themselves by their close places.
48God—who is giving vengeance to me, || And bringing down peoples under me,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39See, now, that I [am] He, || And there is no god besides Me; I put to death and I keep alive; I have struck and I heal; And there is not a deliverer from My hand,
2 Samuel 22:3My God [is] my rock—I take refuge in Him; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, || My high tower, and my refuge! My Savior, You save me from violence!
Psalms 89:26He proclaims to Me: “You [are] my Father, || My God, and the rock of my salvation.”
Luke 1:47And my spirit was glad on God my Savior,
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 →