2 Samuel 22:1

David Sings to the Lord

22:1 ¹ David sang ²  to the Lord the words of this song when ³  the Lord rescued him from the power ⁴  of all his enemies, including Saul. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 3:19

3:19 Then Abner spoke privately ⁶  with the Benjaminites. Abner also went to Hebron to inform David privately ⁷  of all that Israel and the entire house of Benjamin had agreed to. ⁸ 

[22:1]  ¹ sn In this long song of thanks, David affirms that God is his faithful protector. He recalls in highly poetic fashion how God intervened in awesome power and delivered him from death. His experience demonstrates that God vindicates those who are blameless and remain loyal to him. True to his promises, God gives the king victory on the battlefield and enables him to subdue nations. A parallel version of the song appears in Ps 18.

[22:1]  ² tn Heb “spoke.”

[22:1]  ³ tn Heb “in the day,” or “at the time.”

[22:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “hand.”

[22:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and from the hand of Saul.”

[3:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “into the ears of.”

[3:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “also Abner went to speak into the ears of David in Hebron.”

[3:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “all which was good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of all the house of Benjamin.”