2 Samuel 22:35-45

35 el que enseña mis manos para la pelea, y da que con mis brazos quiebre el arco de bronce

36 Tú me diste asimismo el escudo de tu salud, y tu mansedumbre me ha multiplicado

37 Tú ensanchaste mis pasos debajo de mí, para que no titubearan mis rodillas

38 Perseguí a mis enemigos, y los quebranté; y no me volví hasta que los acabé

39 Los consumí, y los herí, y no se levantaron; y cayeron debajo de mis pies

40 Me ceñiste de fortaleza para la batalla, y postraste debajo de mí los que contra mí se levantaron

41 Tú me diste la cerviz de mis enemigos, de mis aborrecedores, y que yo los talara

42 Miraron, y no hubo quien los librara; aun al SEÑOR, mas no les respondió

43 Yo los quebranté como a polvo de la tierra; como a lodo de las plazas los desmenucé, y los disipé

44 Tú me libraste de contiendas de pueblos; tú me guardaste para que fuera cabeza de gentiles; pueblos que no conocía, me sirvieron

45 Los extraños temblaban ante mi mandamiento; apenas oían algo de mí me obedecían

2 Samuel 22:35-45 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.