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Text -- 2 Samuel 22:1-14 (NET)
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David Sings to the Lord
22:1 David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies , including Saul .
22:2 He said : “The Lord is my high ridge , my stronghold , my deliverer .
22:3 My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter , my shield , the horn that saves me, my stronghold , my refuge , my savior . You save me from violence !
22:4 I called to the Lord , who is worthy of praise , and I was delivered from my enemies .
22:5 The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.
22:6 The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.
22:7 In my distress I called to the Lord ; I called to my God . From his heavenly temple he heard my voice ; he listened to my cry for help .
22:8 The earth heaved and shook ; the foundations of the sky trembled . They heaved because he was angry .
22:9 Smoke ascended from his nose ; fire devoured as it came from his mouth ; he hurled down fiery coals .
22:10 He made the sky sink as he descended ; a thick cloud was under his feet .
22:11 He mounted a winged angel and flew ; he glided on the wings of the wind .
22:12 He shrouded himself in darkness , in thick rain clouds .
22:13 From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire .
22:14 The Lord thundered from the sky ; the sovereign One shouted loudly .
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NET Notes -> 2Sa 22:1; 2Sa 22:1; 2Sa 22:1; 2Sa 22:1; 2Sa 22:1; 2Sa 22:2; 2Sa 22:2; 2Sa 22:2; 2Sa 22:3; 2Sa 22:3; 2Sa 22:3; 2Sa 22:3; 2Sa 22:3; 2Sa 22:4; 2Sa 22:4; 2Sa 22:5; 2Sa 22:5; 2Sa 22:5; 2Sa 22:6; 2Sa 22:6; 2Sa 22:6; 2Sa 22:7; 2Sa 22:7; 2Sa 22:7; 2Sa 22:8; 2Sa 22:8; 2Sa 22:8; 2Sa 22:9; 2Sa 22:9; 2Sa 22:9; 2Sa 22:9; 2Sa 22:9; 2Sa 22:10; 2Sa 22:11; 2Sa 22:11; 2Sa 22:11; 2Sa 22:11; 2Sa 22:11; 2Sa 22:12; 2Sa 22:12; 2Sa 22:13; 2Sa 22:14; 2Sa 22:14; 2Sa 22:14; 2Sa 22:14
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NET Notes: 2Sa 22:2 My stronghold. David often found safety in such strongholds. See 1 Sam 22:4-5; 24:22; 2 Sam 5:9, 17; 23:14.
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NET Notes: 2Sa 22:4 Heb “worthy of praise, I cried out [to] the Lord.” Some take מְהֻלָּל (mÿhullal, R...
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NET Notes: 2Sa 22:5 In this poetic narrative context the prefixed verbal form is best understood as a preterite indicating past tense, not an imperfect. (Note the perfect...
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NET Notes: 2Sa 22:8 In this poetic narrative context the prefixed verbal form is best understood as a preterite indicating past tense, not an imperfect. Note the three pr...
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NET Notes: 2Sa 22:9 Heb “coals burned from him.” Perhaps the psalmist pictures God’s fiery breath igniting coals (see Job 41:21), which he then hurls as...
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NET Notes: 2Sa 22:10 The verb נָטָה (natah) can carry the sense “[to cause to] bend; [to cause to] bow down” (see HALOT 693 s.v. ...
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NET Notes: 2Sa 22:11 The wings of the wind. Verse 10 may depict the Lord mounting a cherub, which is in turn propelled by the wind current. Another option is that two diff...
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NET Notes: 2Sa 22:12 Heb “a sieve of water, clouds of clouds.” The form חַשְׁרַת (khashrat) is a construct of &...
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NET Notes: 2Sa 22:13 The parallel text in Ps 18:12 reads “from the brightness in front of him his clouds came, hail and coals of fire.” The Lucianic family of ...
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