2 Samuel 22:20
And he brought me into a wide place, 1 And rescued me, because he delighted in me. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
In Context
19The days of my affliction prevented me; 1 But the Lord was my stay. 1
Cross References
Genesis 26:22And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, O that thou wouldest indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest make me know that thou wilt not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.
Psalms 31:8I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: 1 I will fix mine eyes upon thee. 1
Psalms 118:5O that my ways were directed 1 To keep thine ordinances. 1
Psalms 149:4For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; 1 And will exalt the meek with salvation. 1
Hosea 4:16For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place.
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 →