2 Samuel 22:15-25

15 And He sendeth forth arrows, And scattereth them; Lightning, and troubleth them;

16 And seen are the streams of the sea, Revealed are foundations of the world, By the rebuke of Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of His anger.

17 He sendeth from above -- He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.

18 He delivereth me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I.

19 They are before me in a day of my calamity, And Jehovah is my support,

20 And He bringeth me out to a large place, He draweth me out for He delighted in me.

21 Jehovah recompenseth me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

22 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

23 For all His judgments [are] before me, As to His statutes, I turn not from them.

24 And I am perfect before Him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

25 And Jehovah returneth to me, According to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.

2 Samuel 22:15-25 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.