2 Samuel 22:20 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.”

2 Samuel 22:20

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He delivered me from my strong enemy, {and} from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

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2 Samuel 22:1

"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:"

2 Samuel 22:2

"And he said, The LORD {is} my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;"

2 Samuel 22:3

"The God of my rock; in him will I trust: {he is} my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence."

2 Samuel 22:4

"I will call on the LORD, {who is} worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies."

2 Samuel 22:5

"When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; {waves: or, pangs} {ungodly...: Heb. Belial}"

2 Samuel 22:6

"The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; {sorrows: or, cords}"

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