2 Samuel 22:20
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
BSB
ASV
He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
KJV
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The deliverance came not from common providence, but covenant-love; he was herein treated as a favourite: so he perceived by the communications of divine grace and comfort to his soul with these deliverances, and the communion he had with God in them. Herein he was a type of Christ, whom God upheld because he delighted in him, Isa. xlii.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 118:5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
leads to
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
Through
Psalms 149:4For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
leads to
The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.
Through
Psalms 22:8“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
leads to
“He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.
