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II Samuel Chapter 22

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II Samuel

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David is pursued by Joab and his army and hides in the cave of Gath, where he is protected from capture. The chapter highlights the danger that comes from David’s own rebellion and the seriousness of divine judgment.

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(1) And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
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Psalms 50:14Psalms 103:1Psalms 103:2Psalms 103:3Psalms 103:4Psalms 103:5Psalms 103:6Psalms 116:1Psalms 116:2Psalms 116:3Psalms 116:4Psalms 116:5

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Joshua 21:44Judges 2:14Psalms 18:1

(2) And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
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Deuteronomy 32:4I Samuel 2:2Psalms 18:2Psalms 18:3Psalms 18:4Psalms 18:5Psalms 18:6Psalms 18:7Psalms 18:8Psalms 18:9Psalms 18:10Psalms 18:11

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Psalms 18:2

(3) The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
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Hebrews 2:13Genesis 15:1Deuteronomy 33:29Psalms 3:3Psalms 5:12Psalms 28:7Psalms 84:9Psalms 84:11Psalms 115:9Psalms 115:10Psalms 115:11Proverbs 30:5

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Psalms 18:2Psalms 144:2II Samuel 22:47Psalms 62:7Isaiah 12:2

(4) I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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Psalms 116:2Psalms 116:4Psalms 116:13Psalms 116:17Nehemiah 9:5Psalms 18:3Psalms 66:2Psalms 106:2Psalms 148:1Psalms 148:2Psalms 148:3Psalms 148:4

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Psalms 18:3Nehemiah 9:27

(5) When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
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I Thessalonians 5:3Psalms 18:4Psalms 69:14Psalms 69:15Psalms 93:3Psalms 93:4Isaiah 59:19Jeremiah 46:7Jeremiah 46:8Revelation 12:15Revelation 12:16Revelation 17:1

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Psalms 18:4Psalms 93:3Jude 1:15Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6Jonah 2:3

(6) The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
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Job 36:8Psalms 18:5Psalms 116:3Psalms 140:5Proverbs 5:22Jonah 2:2Acts 2:24Proverbs 13:14Proverbs 14:27

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Psalms 18:5Psalms 116:3

(7) In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
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Psalms 116:4Psalms 120:1Matthew 26:38Matthew 26:39Luke 22:44Hebrews 5:7Exodus 3:7Psalms 34:6Psalms 34:15Psalms 34:16Psalms 34:17I Kings 8:28

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Psalms 18:6Revelation 15:8Proverbs 21:13II Kings 11:11II Chronicles 23:10Ezra 5:14

(8) Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
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Judges 5:4Psalms 18:7Psalms 77:18Psalms 97:4Habakkuk 3:6Habakkuk 3:7Habakkuk 3:8Habakkuk 3:9Habakkuk 3:10Habakkuk 3:11Matthew 27:51Matthew 28:2

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Psalms 18:7Psalms 68:8Psalms 77:18

(9) There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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II Samuel 22:16Exodus 15:7Exodus 15:8Exodus 19:18Exodus 24:17Deuteronomy 32:22Job 4:9Job 41:20Job 41:21Psalms 18:8Psalms 18:15Psalms 97:3

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Psalms 18:8Exodus 19:18Revelation 9:2

(10) He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
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Psalms 144:5Isaiah 64:1Isaiah 64:2Isaiah 64:3Exodus 20:21Deuteronomy 4:11I Kings 8:12Psalms 97:2Psalms 104:3Matthew 27:45Luke 23:44Luke 23:45

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Judges 5:27Psalms 18:9Job 10:22Jeremiah 13:16Matthew 6:23I John 2:11

(11) And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
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Genesis 3:24Exodus 25:19I Samuel 4:4Psalms 18:10Psalms 68:17Psalms 80:1Psalms 99:1Ezekiel 9:3Ezekiel 10:2Ezekiel 10:3Ezekiel 10:4Ezekiel 10:5

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Psalms 18:10Zechariah 5:9I Kings 19:11I Kings 6:27II Chronicles 3:11Ezekiel 41:18

(12) And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
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II Samuel 22:10Psalms 18:11Psalms 18:12Psalms 27:5Psalms 97:2

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Psalms 18:11Deuteronomy 4:11Joel 2:2Zephaniah 1:15Job 10:22Psalms 97:2

(13) Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
(14) The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
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Exodus 19:6Judges 5:20I Samuel 2:10I Samuel 7:10I Samuel 12:17I Samuel 12:18Job 37:2Job 37:3Job 37:4Job 37:5Job 40:9Psalms 29:3

(15) And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
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Deuteronomy 32:23Joshua 10:10Psalms 7:12Psalms 7:13Psalms 18:14Psalms 45:5Psalms 144:6Psalms 144:7Habakkuk 3:11

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Psalms 18:14

(16) And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
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Exodus 14:21Exodus 14:22Exodus 14:23Exodus 14:24Exodus 14:25Exodus 14:26Exodus 14:27Exodus 15:8Exodus 15:9Exodus 15:10Psalms 18:15Psalms 18:16

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Psalms 18:15John 15:19Job 4:9Hebrews 9:26John 1:10John 3:17

(17) He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
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Psalms 18:16Psalms 144:7Psalms 32:6Psalms 59:1Psalms 59:2Psalms 93:3Psalms 93:4Psalms 124:4Psalms 124:5Psalms 130:1Isaiah 43:2Lamentations 3:54

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Joshua 3:13Genesis 1:6Genesis 1:7Psalms 18:16Ezekiel 47:4Nehemiah 12:39

(18) He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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II Samuel 22:1Psalms 3:7Psalms 56:9II Corinthians 1:10II Timothy 4:17

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Psalms 18:17II Samuel 10:11I Chronicles 19:12Isaiah 28:7Haggai 2:4Deuteronomy 2:36

(19) They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
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II Samuel 15:10II Samuel 15:11II Samuel 15:12II Samuel 15:13I Samuel 19:11I Samuel 19:12I Samuel 19:13I Samuel 19:14I Samuel 19:15I Samuel 19:16I Samuel 19:17I Samuel 23:26

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Psalms 18:18Isaiah 3:1Obadiah 1:13

(20) He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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Genesis 26:22I Chronicles 4:10Psalms 31:8Psalms 118:5Hosea 4:16II Samuel 15:26Psalms 22:8Psalms 147:11Psalms 149:4Isaiah 42:1Matthew 3:17Matthew 17:5

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Psalms 18:19

(21) The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
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II Samuel 22:25I Samuel 26:23I Kings 8:32Psalms 7:3Psalms 7:4Psalms 7:8Psalms 18:20Psalms 18:21Psalms 18:22Psalms 18:23Psalms 18:24Psalms 18:25

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Psalms 18:20II Samuel 22:25Psalms 18:24Romans 9:30Romans 10:3

(22) For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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Numbers 16:15I Samuel 12:3Job 23:10Job 23:11Job 23:12II Corinthians 1:12Genesis 18:19Psalms 119:1Psalms 128:1Proverbs 8:32Psalms 36:3Psalms 125:5

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Psalms 18:21

(23) For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
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Psalms 119:6Psalms 119:86Psalms 119:128Luke 1:6John 15:14Deuteronomy 6:1Deuteronomy 6:2Deuteronomy 7:12Psalms 19:8Psalms 19:9Psalms 119:13Psalms 119:30

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Ezekiel 5:6Lamentations 4:15Ezekiel 5:7

(24) I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
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Genesis 6:9Genesis 17:1Job 1:1Psalms 51:6Psalms 84:11John 1:47II Corinthians 5:11Proverbs 4:23Hebrews 12:1

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Psalms 18:23II Corinthians 11:9

(25) Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
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II Samuel 22:21Isaiah 3:10Romans 2:7Romans 2:8II Corinthians 5:10Proverbs 5:21

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(26) With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
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Matthew 5:7James 2:13

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Psalms 18:25II Samuel 22:27Psalms 18:26II Kings 8:12Ezekiel 22:2Exodus 15:26

(27) With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
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Matthew 5:8Leviticus 26:23Leviticus 26:24Leviticus 26:25Leviticus 26:26Leviticus 26:27Leviticus 26:28Deuteronomy 28:58Deuteronomy 28:59Deuteronomy 28:60Deuteronomy 28:61Psalms 125:5

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(28) And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
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Exodus 3:7Exodus 3:8Psalms 12:5Psalms 72:12Psalms 72:13Psalms 140:12Isaiah 61:1Isaiah 61:2Isaiah 61:3Isaiah 63:9Matthew 5:3Exodus 9:14

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Deuteronomy 30:20Psalms 18:27II Kings 8:12Job 40:8Revelation 3:18Habakkuk 1:2

(29) For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
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Job 29:3Psalms 27:1Psalms 84:11John 8:12Revelation 21:23Psalms 4:6Psalms 18:28Psalms 97:11Psalms 112:4Isaiah 50:10Isaiah 60:19Isaiah 60:20

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(30) For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
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Psalms 18:29Psalms 118:10Psalms 118:11Psalms 118:12Romans 8:37Philippians 4:13

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(31) As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
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(32) For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
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(33) God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
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(34) He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
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(35) He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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(36) Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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(37) Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
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(38) I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
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(39) And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
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(40) For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
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(41) Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
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(42) They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
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I Samuel 28:6Job 27:9Proverbs 1:28Isaiah 1:15Ezekiel 20:3Micah 3:4Matthew 7:22Matthew 7:23Luke 13:25Luke 13:26

(43) Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
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II Kings 13:7Psalms 35:5Daniel 2:35Malachi 4:1Psalms 18:42Isaiah 10:6Micah 7:10Zechariah 10:5Deuteronomy 32:26Isaiah 26:15Zechariah 2:6Luke 21:24

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(44) Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
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(45) Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
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(46) Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
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(47) The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
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(48) It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
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(49) 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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(50) Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
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Romans 15:9Psalms 18:49Psalms 145:1Psalms 145:2Psalms 146:1Psalms 146:2Isaiah 12:1Isaiah 12:2Isaiah 12:3Isaiah 12:4Isaiah 12:5Isaiah 12:6

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(51) He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
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II Samuel 22:2Psalms 3:3Psalms 21:1Psalms 48:3Psalms 89:26Psalms 91:2Psalms 144:10Psalms 18:50Psalms 89:20II Samuel 7:12II Samuel 7:13Psalms 89:29

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