2 Samuel 22:51
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and he showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
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2 Samuel 7:12And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:16And thy house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
2 Samuel 23:1Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
Psalms 18:50He giveth great deliverance to his king; and showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever.
Psalms 48:3God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
Psalms 89:24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in 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 →