2 Samuel 22:28 · KJV
“And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes {are} upon the haughty, {that} thou mayest bring {them} down.”
— 2 Samuel 22:28
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. {shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle}
For thou {art} my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. {lamp: or, candle}
2 Samuel 22 — Context
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, {and} with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. {shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle}
28And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes {are} upon the haughty, {that} thou mayest bring {them} down.
29For thou {art} my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. {lamp: or, candle}
30For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. {run: or, broken}
Cross References
Psalms 72:12-13
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and {him} that hath no helper.
Isaiah 5:15
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
James 4:6-7
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Exodus 3:7-8
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which {are} in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Isaiah 2:11-12
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 2:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Isaiah 37:28-29
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. {abode: or, sitting}