2 Samuel 22:34-44

34 Me hace andar tan seguro como un ciervo,
para que pueda pararme en las alturas de las montañas.

35 Entrena mis manos para la batalla;
fortalece mi brazo para tensar un arco de bronce.

36 Me has dado tu escudo de victoria;
tu ayuda
me ha engrandecido.

37 Has trazado un camino ancho para mis pies
a fin de evitar que resbalen.

38 »Perseguí a mis enemigos y los destruí;
no paré hasta verlos derrotados.

39 Los consumí;
los herí de muerte para que no pudieran levantarse;
cayeron debajo de mis pies.

40 Me has armado de fuerza para la batalla;
has sometido a mis enemigos debajo de mis pies.

41 Pusiste mi pie sobre su cuello;
destruí a todos los que me odiaban.

42 Buscaron ayuda, pero nadie fue a rescatarlos.
Hasta clamaron al Señor
, pero él se negó a responder.

43 Los molí tan fino como el polvo de la tierra;
los pisoteé
dentro de la zanja como si fueran mugre.

44 »Me diste la victoria sobre los que me acusaban.
Me preservaste como gobernante de naciones;
ahora me sirve gente que ni siquiera conozco.

2 Samuel 22:34-44 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.