2 Samuel 22:31-41

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

32 Porque ¿qué Dios hay sino el SEÑOR? ¿O quién es fuerte sino nuestro Dios?

33 Dios es el que con virtud me corrobora, y el que despeja mi camino;

34 el que hace mis pies como de ciervas, y el que me asienta en mis alturas;

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

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 titubeasen 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 talase.

2 Samuel 22:31-41 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.