John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 22:48
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me. See Gill on Psalm 18:47 . read more
2 Samuel 22
John Gill
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 22:49
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. See Gill on Psalm 18:48 . read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 22:50
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. See Gill on Psalm 18:49 . read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 22:51
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and showeth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. See Gill on Psalm 18:50 . read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 22
David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's powerful deliverance and manifold blessings, including prophetic declarations relative to the humiliation and exaltation of the Messiah, vv. 1-51. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 22:1
David spake unto the Lord the words of this song - This is the same in substance, and almost in words, with Psalm 18:1-50, and therefore the exposition of it must be reserved till it occurs in its course in that book, with the exception of a very few observations, and Dr. Kennicott's general view of the subject. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 22:5
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
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 22:11
He rode upon a cherub , and did fly - he was seen upon the things of the wind - In the original of this sublime passage, sense and sound are astonishingly well connected. I shall insert the Hebrew, represent it in English letters for the sake of the unlearned reader, and have only to observe, he must read from the right to the left. רוח כנפי על וירא ויעף כרוב על וירכב ruach canphey al vaiyera vaiyaoph kerub al vayirkab wind the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 22:1
David spake. The introduction was probably written by the prophet who compiled the Books of Samuel. The scribe who collected the Book of Psalms would be a priest, and he has repeated it with one or two additions, the most important of which is that the psalm was written "by David the servant of Jehovah." This title; meaning the minister or vicegerent of Jehovah, is one so high that it would certainly not have been given to David in his lifetime; nor was it even until Moses was dead that he... read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 22:47
The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. See Gill on Psalm 18:46 . read more