John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 22:2
And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer. See Gill on Psalm 18:2 . read more
And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer. See Gill on Psalm 18:2 . read more
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield , and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour ; thou savest me from violence. See Gill on Psalm 18:2 . read more
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. See Gill on Psalm 18:3 . read more
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. See Gill on Psalm 18:4 . read more
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me. See Gill on Psalm 18:5 . read more
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God : and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. See Gill on Psalm 18:6 . read more
When the waves of death compassed me - Though in a primary sense many of these things belong to David, yet generally and fully they belong to the Messiah alone. read more
Songs of deliverance. The facts are: 1 . David composes a song at the end of all the deliverances which during his life God had wrought for him. 2 . He describes God as being to him a Rock, a Fortress, a Shield, a High Tower, a Place of Refuge, and represents him as being actively his Deliverer and Saviour. 3 . He, in looking on to the future, resolves to trust in him who had been so much to his life in the past, and expects to be saved from his enemies. 4 . He, reviewing... read more
EXPOSITION Of the date when David wrote this psalm there can be little doubt. It was at the close of his first great series of victories, after Toi, the Hittite King of Hamath, had sent to him an embassy of congratulation ( 2 Samuel 8:9 , 2 Samuel 8:10 ), referred to very triumphantly in verses 45, 46. But there is no trace in it of the sorrow and shame that clouded over his latter days; and no man whose conscience was stained with sins so dark as those of adultery and murder could... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 22:2-51
Let us observe, in this song of praise, I. How David adores God, and gives him the glory of his infinite perfections. There is none like him, nor any to be compared with him (2 Sam. 22:32): Who is God, save the Lord? All others that are adored as deities are counterfeits and pretenders. None is to be relied on but he. Who is a rock, save our God? They are dead, but the Lord liveth, 2 Sam. 22:47. They disappoint their worshippers when they most need them. But as for God his way is perfect, 2... read more