2 Samuel 22:20
in 2 Samuel 22He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe 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.
This site's exposition
he drew me out of many waters
on 2 Samuel 22:17-20
He drew me out of many waters uses the same picture carried in Moses' own name, drawn out, and Keil and Delitzsch hear an echo of Israel's own deliverance at the sea even though David's rescue was never a literal drowning. A large place stands opposite the strait, hemmed-in danger pictured in the verses before it, and because he delighted in me gives the reason for the rescue, favor granted rather than merit earned. Matthew Henry reads the deliverance as covenant love rather than common providence and reads David here as a figure of Christ, whom the Father upheld because he delighted in him.
This site's exposition
because He delighted in me
Matthew Henry traces the rescue to covenant love over common providence, with David treated as a favourite of God. At 15:26, fleeing Absalom, David left his future to whether the Lord delighted in him. Here the song gives the answer.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. See Gill on Psa 18:19.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּצֵ֥א | vaiyotze' | and he brought out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| לַמֶּרְחָ֖ב | lamerchav | to <the> roomy place | H4800 → | |
| אֹתִ֑י | ʾoti | <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְחַלְּצֵ֖נִי | yechaletzeni | he rescued me | H2502 → | |
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| חָ֥פֵֽץ | chafetz | he delighted | H2654 → | 74 times |
| בִּֽי׃ | bi | in <the> me |
וַיֹּצֵ֥אand he brought out
vaiyotze'H3318 →1067 times
לַמֶּרְחָ֖בto <the> roomy place
lamerchavH4800 →
אֹתִ֑י<obj.> me
ʾotiH853 →10935 times
יְחַלְּצֵ֖נִיhe rescued me
yechaletzeniH2502 →
כִּי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
חָ֥פֵֽץhe delighted
chafetzH2654 →74 times
בִּֽי׃in <the> me
bi
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 118:5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
it leads to
- Psalms 18:19
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 18:6
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.
- Psalms 120:1
In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
- Psalms 18:19
Through
Psalms 149:4For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
it leads to
- Psalms 147:11
The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
- 1 Peter 3:4
but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
- Psalms 35:27
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.”
- Psalms 132:16
I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.
- Psalms 147:11
Through
Psalms 22:8“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
it leads to
- Matthew 27:42–43
“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.
- Matthew 27:42–43
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About 2 Samuel
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.