2 Samuel 22:19
They came against me on the day of my distress, 1 but Yahweh was my support. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
In Context
18He rescued me from my strong enemy, 1 from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. 1
20He also brought me out to a wide open place. 1 He saved me because he was pleased with me. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men were going on the other side of the mountain. David hurried to get away from Saul. As Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to take them,
Psalms 18:18They came against me on the day of my distress but Yahweh was my support! 1
Psalms 71:20You who made me see many troubles 1 will revive us again 1 and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. 1
Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their dead bodies will arise. Awake and sing for joy, you who live in the dust; 1 for your dew is the dew of light, and the earth will bring forth its dead. 1
Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears Yahweh? Who obeys the voice of his servant? 1 Who walks in deep darkness without light? 1 He should trust in the name of Yahweh and lean on his God. 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 →