2 Samuel 22:23
For, all his regulations, were before me,—and, as for his statutes, I turned not from them.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
In Context
22For I had kept the ways of Yahweh,—and not broken away from my God;
24So became I blameless towards him,—and kept myself from mine iniquity:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:1This, then is the commandment—[namely] the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh your God hath commanded to teach you,—that ye may do them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it:
Deuteronomy 7:12Then shall it come to pass if ye will hearken unto these regulations, and keep and do them, then will Yahweh thy God keep with thee the covenant and the lovingkindness which he sware unto thy fathers;
Deuteronomy 17:20that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, and he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left,—that he may prolong his days over his kingdom—he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.
Psalms 119:6Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Psalms 119:30The way of faithfulness, have I chosen, Thy regulations, have I deemed right.
Psalms 119:102From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.
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 →