2 Samuel 22

2 Samuel 22

NJB (MT versing) David's Psalm of Deliverance Praise for God's Deliverance A Hymn of Praise David's Song of Victory A Hymn of Victory 22:1-51  (2-51) 22:1-51  (2-4) 22:1-51  (2-4) 22:1-51  (2-4) 22:1-51  (2-3a)  (3b-4) (5-7) (5-6) (5-7) (5-6) (7) (7) (8-13) (8-16) (8-13) (8-9) (10-13) (14-16) (14-16) (14-15) (16-18) (17-20) (17-20) (17-20) (19-20) (21-25) (21-25) (21-25) (21-24) (25-26) (26-28) (26-31) (26-28) (27-28) (29-31) (29-30) (29-30) (31-35) (31) (32-35) (32-43) (32-33) (34-35) (36-37) (36-43) (36-39) (38-39) (40-43) (40-41) (42-43) (44-46) (44-46) (44-46) (44) (45-46) (47-51) (47-49) (47-49a) (47-48) (49) (49b-51) (50-51) (50-51) Etc. CONTEXTUAL INSIGHTS What a wonderful use of Hebrew parallelism. SPECIAL TOPIC: HEBREW POETRY SPECIAL TOPIC: WISDOM LITERATURE The terms and descriptions are the same as Psalm 18 (please see full notes online). Notice the descriptive titles for Israel's God. my rock, vv. 2,3,32,47 my fortress, vv. 2,33 my deliverer, vv. 2,51 my shield, vv. 7,31,36 the horn of my salvation, v. 3 my stronghold, v. 3 my refuge, v. 3 my savior, v. 3 my lamp, v. 29 Notice the anthropomorphic phrases. His ears, v. 7 His nostrils, vv. 9,16 His mouth, v. 9 His feet, v. 10 His voice, v. 14 His eyes, vv. 25,28 SPECIAL TOPIC: ANTHROPOMORPHIC LANGUAGE USED TO DESCRIBE DEITY Much of the imagery of this hymn/song is military deliverance and the establishment of reign. Notice the imagery of creation. God's voice, vv. 8,14 God came down, v. 10 the channels of the sea, v. 16 the foundation of the world, v. 16 Notice what YHWH did for David as the king of His covenant people. delivered him from his enemies, vv. 1,3 delivered him from fear and death, vv. 5-16 took him from many waters, v. 17 supported him, v. 19 brought him to a broad place, v. 20 gave him knowledge and truth, v. 29 gave him physical strength, v. 30 made him walk securely (i.e., my feet like hind's feet), v. 34 made him great, v. 26 successful warrior, vv. 38-41,43 made him as head of the nations, vv. 44-46, 50 showed lovingkindness to Israel's king promised lovingkindness to David's descendants, v. 51 (cf. 2 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicles 17) See full exegetical notes for Psalm 18 at freebiblecommentary.org.