2 Samuel 22:5

For the troubles of death compassed me, 1 The floods of iniquity amazed me: 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

In Context

4I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, 1 And I shall be saved from my enemies. 1

6The pangs of death surrounded me, 1 The agonies of death prevented me. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 93:3How long shall sinners, O Lord, 1 How long shall sinners boast? 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 →

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