2 Samuel 22:47
The Lord lives, and blessed be my guardian, 1 And my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
46The strange children shall be cast away, 1 And shall be overthrown out of their hiding places. 1
48The Lord who avenges me is strong, 1 Chastening the nations under me, 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39Behold, behold that I am he, 1 And there is no god beside me: 1 I kill, and I will make to live: 1 I will smite, and I will heal; 1 And there is none who shall deliver out of my hands. 1
2 Samuel 22:3My God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: 1 He is my protector, and the horn of my salvation, 1 My helper, and my sure refuge; 1 Thou shalt save me from the unjust man. 1
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 →