2 Samuel 22:42
They cried for help, but no one saved them; 1 they cried out to Yahweh, but he did not answer them. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 gave me the back of my enemies' necks; 1 I annihilated those who hated me. 1
43I beat them into fine pieces like dust on the ground, 1 I pulverized them like mud in the streets. 1
Cross References
Job 27:9Will God hear his cry 1 when trouble comes upon him? 1
Isaiah 1:15So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; 1 even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen; 1 your hands are full of blood. 1
Micah 3:4Then you rulers will cry out to Yahweh, 1 but he will not answer you. 1 He will hide his face from you at that time, 1 because you have done evil deeds.” 1
Luke 13:25Once the owner of the house gets up and locks the door, then you will stand outside and pound the door and say, 'Lord, Lord, let us in.' He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know you or 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 →