A moment in scripture
2 Samuel 22:5
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When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
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The surrounding passage
- 2 Samuel 22:3
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.
- 2 Samuel 22:4
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
- 2 Samuel 22:6
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
- 2 Samuel 22:7
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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.