2 Samuel 22:20
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
In Context
19They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Cross References
Genesis 26:22He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
Psalms 118:5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
Psalms 149:4For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
Hosea 4:16For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
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 →