2 Samuel 22:28 (DBY)

Passage

And the afflicted people thou dost save; And thine eyes are upon the haughty, [whom] thou bringest down.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 22:26 With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; With the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

2 Samuel 22:27 With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; And with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.

2 Samuel 22:28 And the afflicted people thou dost save; And thine eyes are upon the haughty, [whom] thou bringest down.

2 Samuel 22:29 For thou art my lamp, Jehovah; And Jehovah enlighteneth 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", "dost", "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 dost shew thyself..." into verse 29's "For thou art my lamp Jehovah And...", 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.