2 Samuel 22:20 · KJV
“He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.”
— 2 Samuel 22:20
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
2 Samuel 22 — Context
He delivered me from my strong enemy, {and} from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
20He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Cross References
Psalms 31:8
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
2 Samuel 15:26
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, {here am} I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
Psalms 118:5
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, {and set me} in a large place. {in distress: Heb. out of distress}
Psalms 149:4
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Psalms 22:8
He trusted on the LORD {that} he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. {He trusted...: Heb. He rolled himself on} {seeing...: or, if he delight in}
Psalms 147:11
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Acts 2:32-36
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Matthew 3:17
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.