2 Samuel 22:19
The days of my affliction prevented me; 1 But the Lord was my stay. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
In Context
18He delivered me from my strong enemies, 1 From them that hated me, for they were stronger than I. 1
20And he brought me into a wide place, 1 And rescued me, because he delighted in me. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26And Saul and his men go on one side of the mountain, and David and his men are on the other side of the mountain: and David was hiding himself to escape from Saul: and Saul and his men encamped against David and his men, in order to take them.
Psalms 71:20The hymns of David the son of Jesse are ended.
Isaiah 26:19The dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew from thee is healing to them: but the land of the ungodly shall perish.
Isaiah 50:10Who is among you that fears the Lord? let him hearken to the voice of his servant: ye that walk in darkness, and have no light, trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon 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 →