Go
Articles on

2 Samuel 22

2 Sam. 22:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
28
And the afflicted
`aniy (Hebrew #6041)
depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as 6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making 6035 subjective and 6041 objective)
KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Pronounce: aw-nee'
Origin: from 6031
people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
thou wilt save
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
: but thine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
are upon the haughty
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
x, that thou mayest bring them down
shaphel (Hebrew #8213)
to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
KJV usage: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Pronounce: shaw-fale'
Origin: a primitive root
.
x
Dan. 4:37• 37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:37)

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
afflicted.
Ex. 3:7‑8• 7And Jehovah said, I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and their cry have I heard on account of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows.
 8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and spacious land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. (Ex. 3:7‑8)
;
Psa. 12:5• 5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff. (Psa. 12:5)
;
Psa. 72:12‑13• 12For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;
 13He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy: (Psa. 72:12‑13)
;
Psa. 140:12• 12I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy. (Psa. 140:12)
;
Isa. 61:1‑3• 1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;
 2to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
 3to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness: that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified. (Isa. 61:1‑3)
;
Isa. 63:9• 9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old. (Isa. 63:9)
;
Matt. 5:3• 3Blessed are the poor in spirit, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens. (Matt. 5:3)
but thine.
Ex. 9:14‑17• 14For I will at this time send all my plagues to thy heart, and on thy bondmen, and on thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
 15For now shall I put forth my hand, and I will smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
 16And for this very cause have I raised thee up, to shew thee my power; and that my name may be declared in all the earth.
 17Dost thou still exalt thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? (Ex. 9:14‑17)
;
Ex. 10:3• 3And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah the God of the Hebrews: How long dost thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. (Ex. 10:3)
;
Ex. 18:11• 11Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily he was above them. (Ex. 18:11)
;
Job 40:11‑12• 11Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
 12Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place: (Job 40:11‑12)
;
Psa. 138:6• 6For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off. (Psa. 138:6)
;
Prov. 21:4• 4Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin. (Prov. 21:4)
;
Isa. 2:11• 11The lofty eyes of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. (Isa. 2:11)
;
Isa. 5:15• 15And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low; (Isa. 5:15)
;
Isa. 37:23,28‑29• 23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
 28But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
 29Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest. (Isa. 37:23,28‑29)
;
Dan. 4:37• 37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:37)
;
James 4:6‑7• 6But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.
 7Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:6‑7)
;
1 Peter 5:5‑6• 5Likewise ye younger, be subject to the elder, and all of you bind on humility towards one another; for God sets himself against the proud, but to the humble gives grace.
 6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the due time; (1 Peter 5:5‑6)
• Christ alone could give His Father a reason for loving Him and for saving Him―but His salvation has become His people's salvation (Psa. 18:27). (“The Song of Deliverance: 2 Samuel 22” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
28
And the afflicted people thou dosta save; And thine eyes are upon the haughty, whom thou bringest down.

JND Translation Notes

+
a
Or "wilt."