2 Samuel
How the mighty have fallen.
(2 Samuel 1:27)
You have done all these great things in order to instruct me.
(2 Samuel 7:21, Good News Bible)
For Jehovah, he will do what is good in his own eyes.
(2 Samuel 10:12, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures)
We will all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered again.
(2 Samuel 14:14, Good News Bible)
God does not take away life, but devises means that he who is banished may not be an utter outcast from Him.
(2 Samuel 14:14)
My God is my rock.
(2 Samuel 22:3, The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures)
In my trouble I called to the Lord.
(2 Samuel 22:7, Good News Bible)
The Lord reached down from above and took hold of me.
(2 Samuel 22:17, Good News Bible)
He rescued me because he delighted in me.
(2 Samuel 22:20)
O Lord, you are faithful to those who are faithful to you,
and completely good to those who are perfect.
You are pure to those who are pure,
but hostile to those who are wicked.
You save those who are humble,
but you humble those who are proud.
(2 Samuel 22:26-28, Good News Bible)
You, Lord, are my light; you dispel my darkness.
(2 Samuel 22:29, Good News Bible)
The Lord alone is God.
(2 Samuel 22:32, Good News Bible)
It is your humility that makes me great.
(2 Samuel 22:36, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures)
The Lord lives!
(2 Samuel 22:47, Good News Bible)
Let the Lord himself be the one to punish us, for he is merciful.
(2 Samuel 24:14, Good News Bible)