2 Samuel 22:1
After Yahweh had rescued David from Saul and his other enemies, David sang a song to Yahweh.
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Deuteronomy 31:30Then, while all the Israeli people listened, Moses/I sang/recited this entire song to them:
1 Samuel 23:14David and his men stayed in hiding places in the desert and in the hills of Ziph Desert. Every day Saul sent men to search for David, but Yahweh did not allow them to capture David.
1 Samuel 25:29Even when those who are trying to kill you pursue you, you are safe, because Yahweh your God takes care of you. You will be protected as though you were [MET] a bundle that he has safely tied up. But your enemies will disappear as fast as stones that are hurled from a sling.
1 Samuel 27:1But David thought, “Some day Saul will capture me if I stay around here. So the best thing that I can do is to escape and go to the Philistia area. If I do that, Saul will stop searching for me here in Israel, and I will be safe.”
2 Samuel 22:49You delivered me from my enemies; you caused me to be honored more than they were; you rescued me from men who always acted violently.
Psalms 18:18When I ◄was distressed/had troubles►, they attacked me, but Yahweh defended/protected 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 →