who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
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who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
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And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
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And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies; yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to 2 Samuel 22:49 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 140:1 Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man:
- Numbers 24:7 Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be in many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. His kingdom shall be exalted.
- Numbers 24:17-19 I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and crush all the sons of Sheth. Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly. Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.”
- 1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.
- 2 Samuel 5:12 David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
- 2 Samuel 7:8-9 Now therefore tell my servant David this, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel. I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
- Psalms 18:48 He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
- Psalms 52:1 Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.
- Psalms 140:4 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 49. Man of violence — A special allusion to…
49. Man of violence — A special allusion to Saul, but including all his savage foes.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 49. bringeth me forth] The opposite of “shutting him…
49. bringeth me forth] The opposite of “shutting him up into the hand of his enemies” (Psa_31:8). Cp. 2Sa_22:20; 2Sa_22:37.
the violent man] This may mean men of violence in general, but as Saul is named in the title, it is natural to see a definite reference to him in particular. Cp. Psa_140:1; Psa_140:4; Psa_140:11.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies.
2Sa_22:49-50
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies.
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Passing through an opposing medium
Those meteoric stones, which sometimes fall to the earth, but which much more frequently, at certain seasons of the year, are seen shooting across the midnight sky, may also be fragments of the aforesaid world which has perished. These blocks of meteoric matter are flying through space, and when they get within the range of our atmosphere, there is an opposing medium, they have to drive through it at an enormous rapidity, and so they become burning hot, and thus they become visible. And, in like manner, I believe that there are plenty of good men in the world who are invisible till they get to be opposed, and being opposed, and having the love of God driving them on with tremendous momentum, they become red-hot with holy fervour, they overcome all opposition, and then they become visible to the eye of mankind. For my part, I rather like to pass through an opposing medium. I think that we all want to travel in that kind of atmosphere just to give us the sacred friction that will fully develop the powers with which we have been entrusted. If God has given us force, it is not at all a bad thing for us to be put where there is opposition, because we shall not be stopped by it, but shall by that very process be made to shine all the brighter as lights in the world. (The Sciences as Sources of Illustration.)
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