2 Samuel 22:5
When the breakers of death had encompassed me,—the torrents of perdition, made me afraid,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
In Context
4As one worthy to be praised, called I on Yahweh,—And, from my foes, was I saved.
6the meshes of hades, had surrounded me,—the snares of death had confronted me,
Cross References
Psalms 42:8By day, will Yahweh command his lovingkindness, And, in the night, shall His song be with me, My prayer be to the GOD of my life.
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Yahweh, The floods have lifted up—their voice, The floods have lifted up—their dashing waves.
Jeremiah 46:7Who is it that is like the Nile when it riseth, Like rivers when his waters are tossed?
1 Thessalonians 5:3As soon as they begin to say—Peace! and safety! then, suddenly, upon them, cometh destruction,—just as the birth-throe unto her that is with child,—and in nowise shall they escape.
Revelation 17:1And one of the seven messengers who had the seven bowls came, and spake with me, saying—Hither! I will point out to thee the judgment of the great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters,
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 →