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2 Samuel 22:42 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. "
2 Samuel 22:42
Verse in Context
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For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
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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;"
2 Samuel 22:6
"The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;"
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