2 Samuel 22:5
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
Context
This verse from 2 Samuel Chapter 22 connects to 10 cross-references. David's psalm of deliverance—virtually identical to Psalm 18—celebrates God as his rock, fortress, and deliverer who intervened against overwhelming enemies with cosmic power: smoke from his nostrils, fire from his mouth, and thunderbolts as arrows. The psalm reflects on David's …
Other Translations
For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;
Cross References
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, …
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her …
The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the …
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go …
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: …
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with …