2 Samuel 22:28 (KJV)

Passage

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 22:26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

2 Samuel 22:27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

2 Samuel 22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

2 Samuel 22:29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

2 Samuel 22:30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "afflicted", "people", "thou", "wilt", "save", "thine", "eyes", and "upon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "afflicted" and "people", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "With the pure thou wilt shew thyself..." into verse 29's "For thou art my lamp O LORD...", so "afflicted" and "people" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "afflicted" and "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.