2 Samuel 22:34
Planting my feet like the hinds’,—yea, on my high places, he caused me to stand;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He maketh my feet like hinds feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
In Context
33GOD, is my fortress of strength,—and shewed to the blameless his way;
35Teaching my hands, to war,—so that a bow of bronze was bent by mine arms;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the high places of the land, Caused him to eat the increase of the fields,—And gave him to suck honey out of the cliff, And oil out of the rock of flint:
2 Samuel 2:18Now there were there, three sons of Zeruiah, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel,—and, Asahel, was light of foot as a wild gazelle.
Isaiah 33:16He, the heights, shall inhabit, A stronghold of crags, shall be his refuge,—His bread, hath been delivered, His waters, have been made sure,
Habakkuk 3:19Yahweh, My Lord, is my strength, therefore hath he made my feet like hinds, and, upon my high places, will he cause me to march along. To the chief musician, on my double harp.
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 →