2 Samuel 22:28 (YLT)

Passage

And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 22:26 With the kind Thou shewest Thyself kind, With the perfect man Thou shewest Thyself perfect,

2 Samuel 22:27 With the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure, And with the perverse Thou shewest Thyself a wrestler.

2 Samuel 22:28 And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.

2 Samuel 22:29 For Thou <FI>art<Fi> my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.

2 Samuel 22:30 For by Thee I run--a troop, By my God I leap a wall.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "poor", "people", "thou", "dost", "save", "thine", "eyes", and "high". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "poor" 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 shewest Thyself pure..." into verse 29's "For Thou FI art Fi my lamp...", so "poor" 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 "poor" and "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.