2 Samuel 22:51
You have saved the king so often, showing your trustworthy love to David, your anointed, and to his descendants forever.”
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50That's why I will praise you among the nations, Lord; I will sing praises about who you are.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:12For when you come to the end of your life and join your ancestors in death, I will bring to power one of your descendants, one of your sons, and make sure his kingdom is successful.
2 Samuel 7:16Your house and your kingdom will last forever; your dynasty will be secure forever.”
2 Samuel 23:1These are David's last words. The divine message of David son of Jesse, the divine message of the man made great by God, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, the wonderful psalm-writer of Israel:
Psalms 18:50You have saved the king so often, showing your trustworthy love to David, your anointed, and to his descendants forever.
Psalms 48:3God himself is in the city's fortresses; he is recognized as its defender.
Psalms 89:24My trustworthiness and unfailing love will be with him, and through me he will be victorious.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51
David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 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: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →