2 Samuel 22:5
For the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
In Context
4I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
6The cords of Sheol were round about me: the snares of death came upon me.
Cross References
Psalms 42:8Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me, even a prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
Jeremiah 46:7Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
1 Thessalonians 5:3When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
Revelation 17:1And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the judgment of the great harlot that 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 →