2 Samuel 22:19
They fell upon me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my support.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
In Context
18He delivered me from my strong enemy, from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
20He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men around to take them.
Psalms 18:18They attacked me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Psalms 71:20Thou , who hast shown me great and severe troubles, wilt revive me again, and wilt bring me again from the depths of the earth.
Isaiah 26:19Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Isaiah 50:10Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God.
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 →