2 Samuel 22:51
[To] the tower of salvation of his king, and who showeth kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed forever.
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2 Samuel 7:12When thy days will be completed, and thou wilt sleep with thy fathers: then will I set up thy seed after thee, who shall proceed out of thy body, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:16And thy house and thy kingdom shall be steadfast for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
2 Samuel 23:1And these are the last words of David. Thus saith David the son of Jesse, and thus saith the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet singer of Israel:
Psalms 18:50(18:51) [To him] that maketh great the salvation of his king, and who sheweth kindness to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever.
Psalms 48:3(48:4) God is become known in her palaces as a defence.
Psalms 89:24(89:25) But my faithfulness and my kindness shall be with him: and through my name shall his horn be exalted.
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 →