2 Samuel 22:36
And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
In Context
35Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,
37Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
Genesis 22:17that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which [is] on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies;
Psalms 84:11For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.
Ephesians 6:16above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,
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 →