Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 22:34
22:34 He maketh my feet like {p} hinds’ [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places.(p) He uses extraordinary means to make me win most strongholds. read more
22:34 He maketh my feet like {p} hinds’ [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places.(p) He uses extraordinary means to make me win most strongholds. read more
This chapter presents David's song of triumph after God had subdued all his enemies under him. It is almost identical toPsalms 18:1-50; Psalms 18:1-50, though with some variations. Of course faith realizes that God has a wise reason for the differences, though we may find ourselves unable to explain them. Appropriately David begins his song with a number of the wonderful aspects of God's nature and character. Jehovah is his rock, the symbol of unchanging stability. 1 Corinthians 10:4 tells us... read more
MINGLED EXPERIENCES THE GRATEFUL RETROSPECT (2 Samuel 22:0 ) The title of this section is that which Spurgeon gives the psalm which constitutes it. The psalm is numbered 18 in the book of Psalms, and will be found to contain variations in the text. A common explanation of these is that David sung it, or caused it to be sung, often, and hence revised it for final use in the tabernacle. The second and forty-ninth verses of the psalm are quoted in the New Testament as the words of Jesus Christ... read more
Poetry At Life's End 2 Samuel 22:2; 2 Samuel 23:02 Samuel 23:0 THE twenty-second chapter, although marked by quite a number of slight changes, is identical with Psalm xviii. The fifty-first verse shows that this song must have been composed after the visit of Nathan, at which David received the promise of the perpetuity of his kingdom. As this psalm will be treated in its proper place in the psalter we propose to pass over it here, and proceed at once to the twenty-third chapter. In doing so... read more
(29) For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. (30) For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. It is delightful to make improvement of JESUS upon all occasions, as the soul wants him. Amos I in distress, he will be my Comforter. Amos I in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me. Amos I shut up and cannot get out; by JESUS's arm I shall leap over the wall. Reader! depend upon it, that it is the great secret of religion to know how to... read more
(31) As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. (32) For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? (33) God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. (34) He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places. (35) He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. (36) Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me... read more
Lamp. Hebrew Thair, "thou wilt light" my lamp, seems deficient; as it is found in some manuscripts, Syriac, Arabic, Psalm xvii., &c. (Kennicott) read more
Praise and Prophecy v. 21. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. The righteousness of the heart is seen in the purity of the acts of his hands, in their abstaining from sin and unrighteousness. v. 22. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, observing the rules of conduct laid down in His Law, and have not wickedly departed from my God, not fallen away from God through wickedness. v. 23. For all His judgments were... read more
THIRD SECTIONDavid’s song of thanksgiving for the victories that the Lord gave him over his enemies through his deeds of might2 Samuel 22:01And David spake unto the Lord [Jehovah] the words of this song in the day that the Lord (Jehovah) had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: 2And he said,The Lord [Jehovah] is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,3The God of my rock [My Rock-God], in him will [om. will] I trust,He is [om. he is] my shield and... read more
Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 22:31
22:31 [As for] God, his way [is] {o} perfect; the word of the LORD [is] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him.(o) The manner that God uses to aid his own, never fails. read more