2 Samuel 22:29-36

29 Porque tu, Senhor, és a minha candeia; e o Senhor alumiará as minhas trevas.

30 Pois contigo passarei pelo meio dum esquadrão; com o meu Deus transporei um muro.

31 Quanto a Deus, o seu caminho é perfeito, e a palavra do Senhor é fiel; é ele o escudo de todos os que nele se refugiam.

32 Pois quem é Deus, senão o Senhor? e quem é rocha, senão o nosso Deus?

33 Deus é a minha grande fortaleza; e ele torna perfeito o meu caminho.

34 Faz ele os meus pés como os das gazelas, e me põe sobre as minhas alturas.

35 Ele instrui as minhas mãos para a peleja, de modo que os meus braços podem entesar um arco de bronze.

36 Também me deste o escudo da tua salvação, e tua brandura me engrandece.

2 Samuel 22:29-36 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.