2 Samuel 22:42
They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
In Context
41You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
43I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
Cross References
Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
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 →