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2 Samuel 22:5

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

2 Samuel 22:5

Verse 5 of 51

Scripture focus

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

2 Samuel 22:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:5

Theological / Devotional

The waves of death. “The sorrows of death” (Ps. 18:4). David is here thinking of the dangers pressing about him, ever ready to engulf him as with a flood.

Floods of ungodly men. Literally, “the floods of Belial” — a personification of destructive wickedness. The “torrents of perdition” (RSV) were constantly sweeping about David, seeming to cut off every means of escape. He realized that Satan was warring against both his life and his soul, and that evil men, used as tools of the evil one, were ever arrayed against him.

Made me afraid. Even the greatest heroes are at times haunted by fear.

By SdaBc