2 Samuel 22:5
For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Majority Standard Bible
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; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
6The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Cross References
Psalms 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
Jeremiah 46:7Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
1 Thessalonians 5:3For while people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
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 →