2 Samuel 22:5
For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
In Context
4I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.
6The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
Cross References
Psalms 42:8The LORD will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.
Jeremiah 46:7“Who is this who rises up like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.
Revelation 17:1One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment 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 →