2 Samuel 22:2-4

2 ¹He said, ²"The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,

3 ³my^[a] God, my rock, ⁴in whom I take refuge, ⁵my shield, and ⁶the horn of my salvation, ⁷my stronghold and ⁸my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.

4 I call upon the LORD, who is ⁹worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

2 Samuel 22:2-4 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.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 1-51, see Psalms 18:2-50
• 2. Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalms 31:3; Psalms 71:3; Psalms 91:2; Psalms 144:2
• 3. ver. 32, 47
• 4. [Hebrews 2:13]
• 5. ver. 31; Genesis 15:1
• 6. Luke 1:69
• 7. Psalms 9:9; Psalms 59:9, 16, 17; Psalms 62:2, 6; [Proverbs 18:10]
• 8. Psalms 14:6; Psalms 46:7, 11; Psalms 71:7; Jeremiah 16:19
• 9. 1 Chronicles 16:25; Psalms 48:1; Psalms 96:4

Footnotes

• [a]. Septuagint (compare Psalm 18:2); Hebrew lacks my