2 Samuel 22:21-31

21 Me pagó el SEÑOR conforme a mi justicia; y conforme a la limpieza de mis manos, me dio la paga.

22 Porque yo guardé los caminos del SEÑOR; y no me aparté impíamente de mi Dios.

23 Porque delante de mí tengo todas sus ordenanzas; y atento a sus fueros, no me retiraré de ellos.

24 Y fui perfecto para con él, y me guardé de mi iniquidad.

25 Y me pagó el SEÑOR conforme a mi justicia, y conforme a mi limpieza delante de sus ojos.

26 Con el bueno eres bueno, y con el valeroso y perfecto eres perfecto;

27 con el limpio eres limpio, mas con el perverso eres adversario.

28 Y tú salvas al pueblo pobre; mas tus ojos están sobre los altivos, para abatirlos.

29 Porque tú eres mi lámpara, oh SEÑOR; el SEÑOR da luz a mis tinieblas.

30 Porque en ti rompí ejércitos, y con mi Dios pasé las murallas.

31 Dios, perfecto su camino; la palabra del SEÑOR purificada, escudo es de todos los que en él esperan.

2 Samuel 22:21-31 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.