2 Samuel 22:47
Yahweh liveth, and blessed be my rock,—and exalted be the God (of the rock) of my salvation:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
In Context
46The sons of the foreigner, were disheartened, and came quaking, out of their fortresses.
48The GOD who hath avenged me, and brought down peoples under me;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39See, now, that, I, I, am, he that is, And there are no gods with me,—I, kill—and make alive, I wound and, I, heal, And there is none who, from my hand, can deliver,
2 Samuel 22:3My God, was my rock, I sought refuge in him,—My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, My Saviour! from violence, thou didst save me.
Psalms 89:26He, shall cry out unto me, My Father, thou art, My GOD, and my Rock of Salvation!
Luke 1:47And my spirit hath exulted upon God my saviour;
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 →