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2 Samuel 22:19

2 Samuel 22:19
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. See Gill on Psa 18:34.

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2 Samuel 22:36

sa2 22:36

sa2 22:36

sa2 22:36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation:…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Samuel 22:2-51

Let us observe, in this song of praise,

I. How David adores God, and gives him the glory of his infinite perfections. There is none like him, nor any to be compared with him (Sa2 22:32): Who is God,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

They prevented me They encountered me, the same word as in 2Sa 22:22, meaning to meet with hostile intention. Preventis used in a sense which illustrates the transition from the original meaning -to…