2 Samuel 22:42

They cried out, but there was none to save,—unto Yahweh, but he answered them not.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

In Context

41And, as for my foes, thou didst give me their neck,—yea, them who hated me, that I might destroy them:

43Then did I beat them in pieces, like the dust of the earth,—like the clay of the lanes, did I crush them, stamp them down.

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Cross References

Job 27:9His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?

Isaiah 1:15Even when ye spread forth your open palms, I hide mine eyes from you; Yea, though ye multiply prayers, I am not hearkening,—Your hands, with deeds of blood, are filled.

Micah 3:4Then, shall they make outcry unto Yahweh, but he will not answer them,—that he may hide his face from them, at that time, even as they have made wicked their doings.

Luke 13:25when once the householder shall rouse himself, and lock the door, and ye begin to stand, outside, and to knock at the door, saying—Lord! open to us; and he shall answer and say unto you—I know you not, whence ye are.

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 →

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