2 Samuel 22:46
Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
In Context
45Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me.
47Jehovah liveth, and blessed [is] my Rock, And exalted is my God — The Rock of my salvation.
Cross References
Isaiah 2:19And [men] have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.
Isaiah 64:6And we are as unclean — all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf — all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.
Micah 7:17They lick dust as a serpent, as fearful things of earth, They tremble from their enclosures, Of Jehovah our God they are afraid, Yea, they are afraid of Thee.
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 →