2 Samuel 22:42
They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; 1 To the Lord, but he hearkens not to them. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
In Context
43And I ground them as the dust of the earth, 1 I beat them small as the mire of the streets. 1
Cross References
Job 27:9Will God hear his prayer? 1 Or, when distress has come upon him, 1
Isaiah 1:15When ye stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though ye make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.
Micah 3:4thus they shall cry to the Lord, but he shall not hearken to them; and he shall turn away his face from them at that time, because they have done wickedly in their practices against themselves.
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 →