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Psalm 18:19
He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
17He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
18They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
19He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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A “large place” marks David’s relief after enemies too strong for him, while God’s delight gives that rescue a warmth beyond the fact of escape.
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Psalm 118:5Out of my distress, I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me with freedom.Both passages describe relief that comes from the LORD: freedom after distress and a large place after danger.
Psalm 31:8You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.Both passages describe God’s rescue from enemies through the same image of being set in a large place.
Psalm 18:36You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.Both verses credit God with making room, describing a large place here and enlarged steps with secure footing later.
Job 36:16Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.David recounts rescue into a large place; Elihu speaks of God drawing Job out of distress into a wide place.
Psalm 40:2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.Both passages describe God bringing someone out of danger into a place of relief, using spacious ground or firm footing.
2 Samuel 22:18–27He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.Both passages credit God with deliverance, and Samuel’s account names the strong enemies described in this psalm’s surrounding verses.
1 Kings 10:9Blessed is the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to …Both passages connect God’s delight in a person with his action for that person, whether deliverance or appointment as king.
Genesis 26:22He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. So he called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now the LORD has made room for us, and we …Both passages credit the LORD with making room after conflict, expressed through David’s large place and Isaac’s uncontested well.
Deuteronomy 33:20About Gad he said, “He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm and the crown of the head.Both passages speak of God granting greater room, though Gad’s blessing concerns enlargement and David’s words recount personal rescue.
1 Chronicles 28:4However the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in …David attributes his rescue here and his selection as king in Chronicles to God taking pleasure in him.
2 Chronicles 9:8Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you and set you on his throne to be king for the LORD your God, because your God loved Israel, to establish them …Both passages name God’s delight as a reason for his action toward a person, in rescue or kingship.
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David had faced enemies beyond his strength. Here he speaks of relief and its source: God acted to deliver him, and David names God’s delight as the reason.
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