2 Samuel 22:20
18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
19 They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
21 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
- KJV
- He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- WEB
- He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- ASV
- He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- DARBY
- And he brought me forth into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- BLB
- And He brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
- ÅB
- Og han førte meg ut i fritt rom; han frelste meg, for han hadde behag i meg.
- OTB
- Han førte meg ut på et romslig sted;
Han frelste meg, fordi Han hadde behag i meg. - B1930
- Og han førte mig ut i fritt rum; han frelste mig, for han hadde behag i mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 31:8
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
Read in context2 Samuel 15:26
But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
Read in contextPsalms 118:5
In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
Read in contextPsalms 149:4
For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
Read in contextPsalms 22:8
“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
Read in contextPsalms 147:11
The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
Read in contextActs 2:32–36
God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
Read in contextMatthew 3:17
And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
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