2 Samuel 22:6

_THE SORROWS OF HELL COMPASSED ME ABOUT; THE SNARES OF DEATH PREVENTED ME;_ The sorrows of hell compassed me, х_ CHEBLEEY_ (H2256) _ SHª'OWL_ (H7585)] - cords, noose of Sheol (Hades) enclosed me. THE SNARES OF DEATH PREVENTED ME, х_ MOQSHEEY_ (H4170) _ MAAWET_ (H4194)] - snares of death, i:e., deadly dangers, came upon me unawares (by surprise). Death is represented in this verse as a hunter, from whose artful, well-laid toils the prey cannot escape. It is quite common for other poets, by allusions to the ancient manner of hunting, to represent death as entrapping persons in her nets, and encompassing them on every side (Stat., lib. 5:, Sylv. 1:, line 156; Horace, lib. 3:, ode 24:, line 8)....

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

THE SORROWS OF HELL COMPASSED ME ABOUT; THE SNARES OF DEATH PREVENTED ME. Psalms 18:5....

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.)....

SORROWS OF HELL. meshes of Sheol. See App-35...

The Psalmist's perils. His cry for help 5, 6. FOR BREAKERS OF DEATH HAD COMPASSED ME, torrents of destruction were affrighting me, cords of Sheol had surrounded me, snares of death had encountered me. The perils to which he had been exposed are described as waves and floods which threatened to engulf him: Sheol and death are represented as laying wait for his life like hunters with nets and snares....

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....

3. David's Song, 2 Samuel 22:1-51. _The Lord's Deliverance._ 2 Samuel 22:1-20 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: 2 And he said, The Lord _is_ my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 3 the God of my rock; in him will I trust: _he is_ my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. 4 I will call on the Lord, _who is_ worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; 6 the sorrows of hell comp

22:6 Sheol (a-4) See Note, Genesis 37:35 ....