Text -- 2 Samuel 22:2 (NET)

22:2 He said: “The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Sa 22:2

¹ tn Traditionally “is my rock”; CEV “mighty rock”; TEV “is my protector.” This metaphor pictures God as a rocky, relatively inaccessible summit, where one would be able to find protection from enemies. See 1 Sam 23:25, 28.

² tn Traditionally “my fortress”; TEV “my strong fortress”; NCV “my protection.”

sn My stronghold. David often found safety in such strongholds. See 1 Sam 22:4-5; 24:22; 2 Sam 5:9, 17; 23:14.