2 Samuel 22:20
And brought out, into a large place, even me,—he delivered me, because he delighted in me:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
In Context
19They confronted me, in the day of my necessity,—then became Yahweh my stay:
Cross References
Genesis 26:22And he moved on from thence and digged another well, and they disputed not for it,—so he called the name thereof. Rehoboth, and said, For, now, hath Yahweh made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
1 Chronicles 4:10So then Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldst, indeed bless, me, and enlarge my boundary, and that thy hand might be with me,—and that thou wouldst work [to deliver me] from evil, that it be not my pain. And God brought about that which he asked.
Psalms 31:8And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.
Psalms 118:5Out of a strait, called I on Yah, He answered me with enlargement.
Psalms 149:4For Yahweh is taking pleasure in his people, He will beautify humbled ones with victory.
Hosea 4:16For, as a heifer that is stubborn, hath Israel, been stubborn,—Now, can Yahweh, turn them out to pasture, like a young ram in a wide place?
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 →