2 Samuele 22:6-16

6 Legami di sepolcro, mi aveano circondato, Lacci di morte mi aveano incontrato.

7 Mentre io era distretto, io invocai il Signore, E gridai all’Iddio mio; Ed egli udì la mia voce dal suo Tempio, E il mio grido pervenne a’ suoi orecchi.

8 Allora la terra fu smossa, e tremò; I fondamenti de’ cieli furono crollati e scossi; Perciocchè egli era acceso nell’ira.

9 Fumo gli saliva per le nari, E fuoco consumante per la bocca; Da lui procedevano brace accese.

10 Ed egli abbassò i cieli, e discese, Avendo una caligine sotto a’ suoi piedi.

11 E cavalcava sopra Cherubini, e volava, Ed appariva sopra le ale del vento.

12 Ed avea poste d’intorno a sè, per tabernacoli, tenebre, Viluppi d’acque, e nubi dell’aria,

13 Dallo splendore che scoppiava davanti a lui, Procedevano brace accese.

14 Il Signore tonò dal cielo, E l’Altissimo mandò fuori la sua voce;

15 Ed avventò saette, e disperse coloro; Folgore, e li mise in rotta.

16 E, per lo sgridare del Signore, E per lo soffiar dell’alito delle sue nari, I canali del mare furon veduti, I fondamenti del mondo furono scoperti.

2 Samuele 22:6-16 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.