2 Samuel 22:1
David sang the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord saved him from all his enemies, and from Saul.
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2He sang: “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my Savior.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:30Then Moses recited all the words of this song as the Israelites listened.
1 Samuel 23:14David set up camp in the wilderness strongholds, staying in the mountains of the Desert of Ziph. Saul searched for him continually, but God did not let David be captured.
1 Samuel 25:29If anyone pursues you and tries to kill you, then your life will remain bound up with those the Lord your God looks after, safe in his care. But he will throw away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
1 Samuel 27:1But David said to himself, “One of these days Saul is going to get me. I think I'd better run away to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me all over Israel and he won't catch me.”
2 Samuel 22:49He frees me from those who hate me. You keep me safe from those who rebel against me, you save me from violent men.
Psalms 18:18They came at me at my worst possible moment, but the Lord supported me.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:1
This chapter is a psalm, a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards inserted among David's psalms ( Ps. xviii. ) with some little variation. We have it here as it was first composed for his own closed and his own harp; but there we have it as it was afterwards delivered to the chief musician for the service of the church, a second edition with some amendments; for, though it was calculated primarily for David's case, yet it might indifferently serve the devotion of others, in giving thanks for their deliverances; or… Read the whole commentary →