2 Samuel 22:28
And thou wilt save the poor people, 1 And wilt bring down the eyes of the haughty. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
27And with the excellent thou wilt be excellent, 1 And with the froward thou wilt be froward. 1
29For thou, Lord, art my lamp, 1 And the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness. 1
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And the Lord said to Moses, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and I have heard their cry caused by their taskmasters; for I know their affliction.
Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharaoh, and they said to him, These things saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long dost thou refuse to reverence me? Send my people away, that they may serve me.
Job 40:11And send forth messengers with wrath; 1 And lay low every haughty one. 1
Psalms 72:12Behold, these are the sinners, and they that prosper always: 1 They have possessed wealth. 1
Isaiah 2:11For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
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 →