2 Samuel 22:1

_AND DAVID SPAKE UNTO THE LORD THE WORDS OF THIS SONG IN THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAD DELIVERED HIM OUT OF THE HAND OF ALL HIS ENEMIES, AND OUT OF THE HAND OF SAUL:_ David spake unto the Lord the words of this song (cf. Exodus 16:1 ; Deuteronomy 31:30 ), in the day that they had delivered him х_ BªYOWM_ (H3117)] - not any specified day, but generally, when, after that the Lord had delivered him. OUT OF THE HAND OF ALL HIS ENEMIES, х_ MIKAP_ (H3709) from the palm or hollow of the hand; used here poetically for _ YAD_ (H3027), the hand] - i:e power or possession. AND OUT OF THE HAND OF SAUL He is mentioned not as th

CHAPTER XXII _David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's powerful deliverance_ _and manifold blessings, including prophetic declarations_ _relative to the humiliation and exaltation of the Messiah_, 1-51. NOTES ON CHAP. XXII Verse 2 Samuel 22:1. _DAVID SPAKE UNTO THE LORD THE WORDS OF THIS SONG_] This is the same in _substance_, and almost in _words_, with Psalms 18:1, and therefore the exposition of it must be reserved till it occurs in its course in that book, with the exception of a very few observations, and Dr. _Kennicott's_ general view of t

This song, which is found with scarcely any material variation as Psalms 18, and with the words of this first verse for its title, belongs to the early part of David’s reign when he was recently established upon the throne of all Israel, and when his final triumph over the house of Saul, and over the pagan nations 2 Samuel 22:44, Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, Ammonites, and Edomites, was still fresh 2 Samuel 21. For a commentary on the separate verses the reader is referred to the commentary on Psalms 18....

EXPOSITION DAVID'S PSALM OF THANKSGIVING. This song, which is identical with Psalms 18:1; though with many verbal differences, is so universally acknowledged as a genuine composition of King David, that the objections taken by one or two critics serve only to give us greater security by reminding us that the other side has been carefully argued. The differences between its form here and in the Book of Psalms suggest many important considerations with regard to textual criticism. From the absence of manuscripts, we have very scanty means of judging of the correctness of the ordinary Hebrew text. We have, indeed, abundant proof that the Jews took extreme care of their sacred text in the early centuries of our era; but we nevertheless find, most frequently in names, mistakes which have arisen from the care

AND DAVID SPAKE UNTO THE LORD THE WORDS OF THIS SONG IN THE DAY [THAT] THE LORD HAD DELIVERED HIM OUT OF THE HAND OF ALL HIS ENEMIES, AND OUT OF THE HAND OF SAUL. Psalms 18:1....

2. DAVID'S SONG OF DELIVERANCE CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The praise of Jehovah (2 Samuel 22:1)_ 2. The sorrows of the past (2 Samuel 22:5) 3. God's presence and intervention (2 Samuel 22:8) 4. Reward and approval (2 Samuel 22:21) 5. The judgment of the enemies (2 Samuel 22:29) 6. The exaltation above the adversaries (2 Samuel 22:44) 7. The praise of Jehovah ...

1 SAMUEL 22. PSALMS 18. This poem is dealt with in the commentary on the Psalms (Psalms book comments, and Psalms 18 chapter comments.)....

DAVID SPAKE. At this point in his history (about 1018 B.C.) This song was written and edited by him later as Psalms 18, with the full liberty of all other editors of their own work. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. THIS SONG. Compare Exodus 15.Deuteronomy 32....

The title 1. Compare the inscriptions which introduce Moses" songs in the historical narrative (Exodus 15:1; Deuteronomy 31:30). This inscription seems to have been taken by the compiler of Samuel and the compiler of the Psalter from a common source probably one of the prophetic histories of David's reign in which this Psalm was incorporated. _in the day_that] i.e. _at the time when_. _out of the hand of Saul_ Specially mentioned because Saul was the bitterest and most implacable of his enemies, and because the deliverance from his power raised David to the throne of Israel....

AND DAVID SPAKE UNTO THE LORD—THIS SONG— As this fine poem of David's occurs in the book of Psalms, we shall not make any remark upon it till we come to its proper place. See Psalms 18....