2 Samuel 22:17-27

17 »Él extendió la mano desde el cielo y me rescató;
me sacó de aguas profundas.

18 Me rescató de mis enemigos poderosos,
de los que me odiaban y eran demasiado fuertes para mí.

19 Me atacaron en un momento de angustia,
pero el Señor
me sostuvo.

20 Me condujo a un lugar seguro;
me rescató porque en mí se deleita.

21 El Señor
me recompensó por hacer lo correcto;
me restauró debido a mi inocencia.

22 Pues he permanecido en los caminos del Señor
;
no me he apartado de mi Dios para seguir el mal.

23 He seguido todas sus ordenanzas,
nunca he abandonado sus decretos.

24 Soy intachable delante de Dios;
me he abstenido del pecado.

25 El Señor
me recompensó por hacer lo correcto;
ha visto mi inocencia.

26 »Con los fieles te muestras fiel;
a los íntegros les muestras integridad.

27 Con los puros te muestras puro,
pero te muestras hostil con los perversos.

2 Samuel 22:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 22

This chapter contains a song or psalm, the same with the eighteenth psalm, and which, according to Jarchi, was composed by David in his old age, and, as Kimchi says, at the end or close of his days; but Abarbinel is of opinion that it was written in his youthful time, in the midst of his troubles, and was sung by him as often as he had a deliverance from any; and which may account for the several variations in it from the eighteenth psalm, which, the same writer observes, are seventy four; and are not to be ascribed to the difference of copies, or neglect of copiers: and very probably, towards the close of his days, he revised it, and made it fit for general use, and sent it with the rest of his psalms to the chief musician; but the particular consideration of it, and of the differences in it from Ps 18:1-50 are referred to the exposition of that book in its course.