And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have [a]made you a name like the name of the great men who are on the earth.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 17:8 given you prestige

Then Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

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14 And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and (A)the Lord was with him.

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(A)He raises the poor out of the dust,
And lifts the (B)needy out of the ash heap,
That He may (C)seat him with princes—
With the princes of His people.

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But (A)God is the Judge:
(B)He puts down one,
And exalts another.

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21 You shall increase my greatness,
And comfort me on every side.

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The (A)Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

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28 Thus Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him;

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15 Behold, (A)I am with you and will (B)keep[a] you wherever you go, and will (C)bring you back to this land; for (D)I will not leave you (E)until I have done what I have spoken to you.”

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  1. Genesis 28:15 protect

52 (A)He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
And exalted the lowly.

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God the Sovereign Savior(A)

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David (B)the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of (C)this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:

18 I (D)will love You, O Lord, my strength.

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20 There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have (A)ruled over all the region (B)beyond the River; and tax, tribute, and custom were paid to them.

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17 And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O God; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the rank of a man of high degree, O Lord God.

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38 “I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
39 And I have destroyed them and wounded them,
So that they could not rise;
They have fallen (A)under my feet.
40 For You have (B)armed me with strength for the battle;
You have [a]subdued under me (C)those who rose against me.
41 You have also [b]given me the (D)necks of my enemies,
So that I destroyed those who hated me.

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:40 Lit. caused to bow down
  2. 2 Samuel 22:41 given me victory over

Praise for God’s Deliverance(A)

22 Then David (B)spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had (C)delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.

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Also from [a]Betah and from (A)Berothai,[b] cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

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Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute. So (A)the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

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And (A)I have been with you wherever you have gone, (B)and have [a]cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth.

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:9 destroyed

The Tragic End of Saul and His Sons(A)

31 Now (B)the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount (C)Gilboa. Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed (D)Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons. (E)The battle became fierce against Saul. The archers [a]hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers.

(F)Then Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest (G)these uncircumcised men come and thrust me through and [b]abuse me.”

But his armorbearer would not, (H)for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and (I)fell on it. And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword, and died with him. So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that same day.

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  1. 1 Samuel 31:3 Lit. found him
  2. 1 Samuel 31:4 torture

10 David said furthermore, “As the Lord lives, (A)the Lord shall strike him, or (B)his day shall come to die, or he shall (C)go out to battle and perish.

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11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

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13 And David made himself a (A)name when he returned from killing (B)eighteen thousand [a]Syrians in (C)the Valley of Salt. 14 He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and (D)all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:13 LXX, Syr., Heb. mss. Edomites and 1 Chr. 18:12

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