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2 Samuel 22:28
28And You save the afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase (humiliate).
2 Samuel 22:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
- New International Version (NIV)You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You save a humble people, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You will save the humble people; But Your eyes are on the haughty, that You may bring them down.
Context of 2 Samuel 22:28
26With the loving and loyal You show Yourself loving and loyal, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless. 27With the pure You show Yourself pure, With the perverted You show Yourself astute. And You save the afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase (humiliate). 29For You, O Lord, are my lamp; The Lord illumines and dispels my darkness. 30For by You I can run upon a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall.
Read all of 2 Samuel 222 Samuel 22:28 word by word
וְאֶת־עַ֥ם עָנִ֖י תּוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינֶ֖יךָ עַל־רָמִ֥ים תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:28
- Exodus 3:7The Lord said, “I have in fact seen the affliction (suffering, desolation) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters (oppressors); for I know their pain and suffering.
- Psalms 12:5“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
- Psalms 72:12For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.
- Psalms 140:12I know [with confidence] that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And [will secure] justice for the poor.
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me To bring good news to the humble and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted, To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives And freedom to prisoners,
- Isaiah 63:9In all their distress He was distressed, And the angel of His presence saved them, In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them; And He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Matthew 5:3“Blessed [spiritually prosperous, happy, to be admired] are the poor in spirit [those devoid of spiritual arrogance, those who regard themselves as insignificant], for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].
- Exodus 9:14For this time I will send all My plagues on you [in full force,] and on your servants and on your people, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
- Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
- Exodus 18:11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods; indeed, it was proven when they acted insolently toward Israel [and the Lord showed Himself infinitely superior to all their gods].”
- Job 40:11Pour out the overflowings of your wrath, And look at everyone who is proud and make him low.
- Psalms 138:6Though the Lord is exalted, He regards the lowly [and invites them into His fellowship]; But the proud and haughty He knows from a distance.
- Proverbs 21:4Haughty and arrogant eyes and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked [their self-centered pride], is sin [in the eyes of God].
- Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be degraded And the arrogance of men will be humbled, And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 5:15So the common man will be bowed down and the man of importance degraded, And the eyes of the proud (arrogant) will be degraded.
- Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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