2 Samuel 22:42
They look, and there is no saviour; Unto Jehovah, and He hath not answered them.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
In Context
41And mine enemies — Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me — and I cut them off.
43And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small — I spread them out!
Cross References
Job 27:9His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
Isaiah 1:15And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.
Micah 3:4Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.
Luke 13:25from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are,
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 →