2 Samuel 22:36
And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me,
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
In Context
35He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
37so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.
Genesis 22:17And + 22:17 Acts 3:25 in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have listened to my voice.
Psalms 84:11Truth has sprung out of the earth; and righteousness has looked down from heaven. 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 →