2 Samuel 22:1
And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
2And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:14And he lived in Maserem in the wilderness, in the narrow passes; and lived in the wilderness in mount Ziph, in the dry country. And Saul sought him continually, but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.
1 Samuel 25:29And if a man shall rise up persecuting you and seeking your life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and you shall whirl the life of your enemies as in the midst of a sling.
1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, Now shall I be one day delivered for death into the hands of Saul; and there is no good thing for me unless I should escape into the land of the Philistines, and Saul should cease from seeking me + 27:1 Gr. into. through every coast of Israel: so I shall escape out of his hand.
2 Samuel 22:49and bringing me out from my enemies: and you shall set me on high from among those that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from + 22:49 Gr. a man of wrongs. the violent man.
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 →