King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611
Read Full Chapter (2 Samuel 22) 2 Samuel 22:28-29 KJV
"And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness."
2 Samuel Chapter 22, Verse 28-29
2 Samuel 22:28-29 in Context (Verses 25–32 KJV)
25
Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.*
26
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
27
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.*
28
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
29
For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.*
30
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.*
31
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.*
32
For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?