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2 Samuel 22
51 verses with commentary
David's Song of Deliverance
And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
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<strong>And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. T...
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**26. Joab fought against Rabbah--**The time during which this siege lasted, since the intercourse with Bath-sheba, and the birth of at least one child, if not two, occurred during the progress of it, probably extended over two years.
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
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<strong>And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and covenan...
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(2) **He said.**—The psalm here wants the opening line of Psalms 18, “I will love thee, O Lord, my strength,” forming a fitting introduction to the whole.
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**27. the city of waters--**Rabbah, like Aroer, was divided into two parts--one the lower town, insulated by the winding course of the Jabbok, which flowed almost round it, and the upper and stronger town, called the royal city. "The first was taken by Joab, but the honor of capturing so strongly a fortified place as the other was an honor reserved for the king himself."
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>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.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. Th...
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(3) **The God of my rock.**—In the psalm, “My God, my rock” (margin). The two expressions of the psalm are here united in one, and the recurrence of the similar expression in 2Samuel 22:47 (but not in the psalm) indicates that this was intentional.
**And my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.**—These words are omitted from the psalm, being compensated in part by the opening line ther...
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**28. encamp against the city, and take it--**It has always been characteristic of Oriental despots to monopolize military honors; and as the ancient world knew nothing of the modern refinement of kings gaining victories by their generals, so Joab sent for David to command the final assault in person. A large force was levied for the purpose. David without much difficulty captured the royal city a...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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<strong>I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warri...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; waves: or, pangs ungodly: Heb. Belial
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<strong>When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, ...
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(5) **The waves of death.**—In Psalms 18, “the sorrows of death,” in the Authorised Version, but literally, *the bands of death. *The word is entirely different, and the variation can hardly have been accidental. The form here accords better with the parallelism of the next clause.
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**30. he took their king's crown from off his head--**While the treasures of the city were given as plunder to his soldiers, David reserved to himself the crown, which was of rarest value. Its great weight makes it probable that it was like many ancient crowns, not worn, but suspended over the head, or fixed on a canopy on the top of the throne.
**the precious stones--**Hebrew, "stone"; was a ro...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; sorrows: or, cords
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<strong>The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and co...
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**31. he brought forth the people ... and put them under saws, &c.--**This excessive severity and employment of tortures, which the Hebrews on no other occasion are recorded to have practised, was an act of retributive justice on a people who were infamous for their cruelties (1Sa 11:2; Am 1:13).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>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.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry empl...
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(7) **Called . . . cried.**—The original words are the same here, although differing in the parallel place in the psalm.
**My cry did enter into his ears.**—Literally, *my cry in his ears, *an elliptical expression which is filled out in the psalm, “my cry came before him, even into his ears.”
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
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<strong>Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention...
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(8) **Of heaven.**—Psalms 18, “of the hills.” The thought is the same, but the strong poetic figure by which the mountains are spoken of as “the pillars of heaven” (comp. Job 26:11) is softened in the psalm.
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CHAPTER 13
2Sa 13:1-5. Amnon Loves Tamar.
**1. Tamar--**daughter of David by Maachah (2Sa 3:3).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc
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<strong>There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine interve...
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**2. for she was a virgin--**Unmarried daughters were kept in close seclusion from the company of men; no strangers, nor even their relatives of the other sex, being permitted to see them without the presence of witnesses. Of course, Amnon must have seen Tamar, for he had conceived a violent passion for her, which, though forbidden by the law (Le 18:11), yet with the sanction of Abraham's example ...
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**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
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<strong>He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and c...
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**3. Jonadab, the son of Shimeah--**or Shammah (1Sa 16:9). By the counsel and contrivance of this scheming cousin a plan was devised for obtaining an unrestricted interview with the object of his attachment.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
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<strong>And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior langua...
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(11) **He was seen.**—Psalms 18, “he did fly.” The two words are exceedingly alike in the Hebrew, and either could easily be mistaken for the other. The form in the psalm is far more poetical.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**4. my brother Absalom's sister--**In Eastern countries, where polygamy prevails, the girls are considered to be under the special care and protection of their uterine brother, who is the guardian of their interests and their honor, even more than their father himself (see on Ge 34:6-25).
2Sa 13:6-27. He Defiles Her.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. dark: Heb. binding of waters
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<strong>And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrio...
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(12) **Made darkness pavilions.**—Psalms 18, more fully, “He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him *were *dark waters.” A word appears to have dropped out here, and in the second clause the margin, “*binding *(or gathering) *of waters*” is a more exact translation, the word differing in one letter from that used in the psalm.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
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<strong>Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and covenant termi...
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(13) **Through the brightness.**—Rather, *Out of the brightness. *The psalm (with the same correction) is more full, and perhaps the more exact representation of the original: “Out of the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hail *stones *and coals of fire.”
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**6-8. Amnon lay down, and made himself sick--**The Orientals are great adepts in feigning sickness, whenever they have any object to accomplish.
**let Tamar my sister come and make me a couple of cakes--**To the king Amnon spoke of Tamar as "his sister," a term artfully designed to hoodwink his father; and the request appeared so natural, the delicate appetite of a sick man requiring to be humo...
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**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
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<strong>The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and covenan...
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(14) **From heaven.**—Psalms 18, “in the heavens,” a difference found in the original; the two are otherwise alike in the Hebrew, except that the psalm adds the words, “hail *stones *and coals of fire.”
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**6-8. Amnon lay down, and made himself sick--**The Orientals are great adepts in feigning sickness, whenever they have any object to accomplish.
**let Tamar my sister come and make me a couple of cakes--**To the king Amnon spoke of Tamar as "his sister," a term artfully designed to hoodwink his father; and the request appeared so natural, the delicate appetite of a sick man requiring to be humo...
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**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
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<strong>And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and...
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**6-8. Amnon lay down, and made himself sick--**The Orientals are great adepts in feigning sickness, whenever they have any object to accomplish.
**let Tamar my sister come and make me a couple of cakes--**To the king Amnon spoke of Tamar as "his sister," a term artfully designed to hoodwink his father; and the request appeared so natural, the delicate appetite of a sick man requiring to be humo...
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**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
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<strong>And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The H...
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(16) **Of the sea**.—Psalms 18, “of waters.” There are several such slight differences between 2Samuel 22:15-16, and the parallel verses in the psalm, which mark the two as distinctly different recensions. The most striking change is that of the last pronoun from “his” to “thy in the psalm, as appropriate to its use in public worship.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; many: or, great
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<strong>He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and covenant term...
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**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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<strong>He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention...
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**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
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<strong>They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and coven...
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**12-14. do not force me--**The remonstrances and arguments of Tamar were so affecting and so strong, that had not Amnon been violently goaded on by the lustful passion of which he had become the slave, they must have prevailed with him to desist from his infamous purpose. In bidding him, however, "speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from thee," it is probable that she urged this as her...
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**Verses 6-19**
See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody ty...
Read full commentary →He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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<strong>He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior ...
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**12-14. do not force me--**The remonstrances and arguments of Tamar were so affecting and so strong, that had not Amnon been violently goaded on by the lustful passion of which he had become the slave, they must have prevailed with him to desist from his infamous purpose. In bidding him, however, "speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from thee," it is probable that she urged this as her...
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**Verses 20-23**
David greatly lamented the calamity. It is great trouble to a good man to find himself any way the cause of evil to others. He must have been much pained, when he considered that his falsehood was one cause of this fatal event. David speaks with assurance of his own safety, and promises that Abiathar should have his protection. With the Son of David, all who are his may be sur...
Read full commentary →The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
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<strong>The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divi...
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**12-14. do not force me--**The remonstrances and arguments of Tamar were so affecting and so strong, that had not Amnon been violently goaded on by the lustful passion of which he had become the slave, they must have prevailed with him to desist from his infamous purpose. In bidding him, however, "speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from thee," it is probable that she urged this as her...
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**Verses 20-23**
David greatly lamented the calamity. It is great trouble to a good man to find himself any way the cause of evil to others. He must have been much pained, when he considered that his falsehood was one cause of this fatal event. David speaks with assurance of his own safety, and promises that Abiathar should have his protection. With the Son of David, all who are his may be sur...
Read full commentary →For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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<strong>For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language...
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**15. Then Amnon hated her exceedingly--**It is not unusual for persons instigated by violent and irregular passions to go from one extreme to another. In Amnon's case the sudden revulsion is easily accounted for; the atrocity of his conduct, with all the feelings of shame, remorse, and dread of exposure and punishment, now burst upon his mind, rendering the presence of Tamar intolerably painful t...
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**Verses 20-23**
David greatly lamented the calamity. It is great trouble to a good man to find himself any way the cause of evil to others. He must have been much pained, when he considered that his falsehood was one cause of this fatal event. David speaks with assurance of his own safety, and promises that Abiathar should have his protection. With the Son of David, all who are his may be sur...
Read full commentary →For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
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<strong>For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior...
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(23) **His statutes, I did not depart from them.**—The psalm, by a very slight change in the original, has “I did not put away his statutes from me.” The former is the more common form, the latter suits better the parallelism here.
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**Verses 20-23**
David greatly lamented the calamity. It is great trouble to a good man to find himself any way the cause of evil to others. He must have been much pained, when he considered that his falsehood was one cause of this fatal event. David speaks with assurance of his own safety, and promises that Abiathar should have his protection. With the Son of David, all who are his may be sur...
Read full commentary →I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. before: Heb. to
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<strong>I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and cove...
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**17. bolt the door after her--**The street door of houses in the East is always kept barred--the bolts being of wood. In the great mansions, where a porter stands at the outside, this precaution is dispensed with; and the circumstance, therefore, of a prince giving an order so unusual shows the vehement perturbation of Ammon's mind.
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight . in: Heb. before his eyes
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<strong>Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divin...
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(25) **To my cleanness.**—Psalms 18, more poetically. “to the cleanness of my hands.”
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**18. garment of divers colours--**As embroidery in ancient times was the occupation or pastime of ladies of the highest rank, the possession of these parti-colored garments was a mark of distinction; they were worn exclusively by young women of royal condition. Since the art of manufacturing cloth stuffs has made so great progress, dresses of this variegated description are now more common in the...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
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<strong>With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine inte...
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**19-20. Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours ... laid her hand on her head, and went on crying--**that is, sobbing. Oriental manners would probably see nothing beyond a strong sense of the injury she had sustained, if Tamar actually rent her garments. But, as her veil is not mentioned, it is probable that Amnon had turned her out of doors without it, and she raised ...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle
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<strong>With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, ...
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(27) **Unsavoury.**—Rather, *froward, *for although the form here is anomalous, it is the same word, and has the same reference to the previous word as in the psalm.
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**19-20. Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours ... laid her hand on her head, and went on crying--**that is, sobbing. Oriental manners would probably see nothing beyond a strong sense of the injury she had sustained, if Tamar actually rent her garments. But, as her veil is not mentioned, it is probable that Amnon had turned her out of doors without it, and she raised ...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
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<strong>And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine ...
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(28) **Thine eyes are upon the haughty.**—More briefly, but in more common form, the psalm, “wilt bring down high looks.”
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. lamp: or, candle
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<strong>For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and covenan...
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(29) **Thou art my lamp.**—Comp. Psalm 27:1. The psalm changes the figure, “thou wilt light my candle (*margin, *lamp).” With this comp. Psalm 132:17; 1Kings 11:36; 1Kings 15:4.
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. run: or, broken
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<strong>For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and...
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**23-27. Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim--**A sheep-shearing feast is a grand occasion in the East. Absalom proposed to give such an entertainment at his estate in Baal-hazor, about eight miles northeast of Jerusalem near a town called Ephraim (Jos 11:10). He first invited the king and his court; but the king declining, on account of the heavy expense to which the...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →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. tried: or, refined
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<strong>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.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine in...
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**23-27. Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim--**A sheep-shearing feast is a grand occasion in the East. Absalom proposed to give such an entertainment at his estate in Baal-hazor, about eight miles northeast of Jerusalem near a town called Ephraim (Jos 11:10). He first invited the king and his court; but the king declining, on account of the heavy expense to which the...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
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<strong>For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and covenant ter...
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**23-27. Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim--**A sheep-shearing feast is a grand occasion in the East. Absalom proposed to give such an entertainment at his estate in Baal-hazor, about eight miles northeast of Jerusalem near a town called Ephraim (Jos 11:10). He first invited the king and his court; but the king declining, on account of the heavy expense to which the...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. maketh: Heb. riddeth, or, looseth
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<strong>God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and covenant termino...
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(33) **God is my strength and power.**—Better, *my strong fortress. *The psalm has quite a different thought, which is expressed in 2Samuel 22:40, “It is God that girdeth me with strength.”
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**23-27. Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim--**A sheep-shearing feast is a grand occasion in the East. Absalom proposed to give such an entertainment at his estate in Baal-hazor, about eight miles northeast of Jerusalem near a town called Ephraim (Jos 11:10). He first invited the king and his court; but the king declining, on account of the heavy expense to which the...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places. maketh: Heb. equalleth
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<strong>He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and cove...
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**23-27. Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim--**A sheep-shearing feast is a grand occasion in the East. Absalom proposed to give such an entertainment at his estate in Baal-hazor, about eight miles northeast of Jerusalem near a town called Ephraim (Jos 11:10). He first invited the king and his court; but the king declining, on account of the heavy expense to which the...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. to war: Heb. for the war
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<strong>He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and ...
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**28. Absalom had commanded his servants, saying ... when Amnon's heart is merry with wine ... kill him, fear not--**On a preconcerted signal from their master, the servants, rushing upon Amnon, slew him at the table, while the rest of the brothers, horror-struck, and apprehending a general massacre, fled in affrighted haste to Jerusalem.
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. made: Heb. multiplied me
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<strong>Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrio...
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(36) **Thy gentleness.**—This is the translation of the word in Psalm 18:35. The word here, which differs very slightly, and is otherwise unknown, is undoubtedly meant for it; if taken as it stands it would, by its etymology, mean *thy answering, *viz., to the prayers offered. The psalm inserts between the two clauses of the verse, “and thy right hand hath holden me up.”
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**29. every man gat him up upon his mule--**This had become the favorite equipage of the great. King David himself had a state mule (1Ki 1:33). The Syrian mules are, in activity, strength, and capabilities, still far superior to ours.
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. feet: Heb. ankles
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<strong>Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and covenant...
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**30-31. tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons--**It was natural that in the consternation and tumult caused by so atrocious a deed, an exaggerated report should reach the court, which was at once plunged into the depths of grief and despair. But the information of Jonadab, who seems to have been aware of the plan, and the arrival of the other princes, made known th...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
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<strong>I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, w...
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(38) **Destroyed them.**—In the psalm, “overtaken them,” an expression intended to suggest the same thing as the plain expression here. The second clauses are identical in the original.
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**30-31. tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons--**It was natural that in the consternation and tumult caused by so atrocious a deed, an exaggerated report should reach the court, which was at once plunged into the depths of grief and despair. But the information of Jonadab, who seems to have been aware of the plan, and the arrival of the other princes, made known th...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
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<strong>And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine inter...
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(39) **I have consumed them, and wounded them.**—The former clause is wanting in the psalm, and the latter needs a stronger word—*crushed them.*
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. subdued: Heb. caused to bow
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<strong>For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine interv...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
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<strong>Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
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<strong>They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior lan...
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(42) **They looked.**—By the change of a letter this becomes in the psalm “They cried,” and it is so translated here in the LXX., “they shall cry.” One of the readings is doubtless a mere clerical error.
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
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<strong>Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid im...
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(43) **Dust of the earth**.—Psalms 18 reads, “Dust before the wind,” and in the second clause omits “did spread them abroad.” The psalm thus combines in one compact figure what is here spread out in two clauses. The change is certainly designed, and heightens the poetic effect.
Thou hast kept me.—The wording of the psalm, “Thou hast made me,” involves only a slight difference in the original, and ...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
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<strong>Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poe...
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**37. Absalom fled, and went to Talmai--**The law as to premeditated murder (Nu 35:21) gave him no hope of remaining with impunity in his own country. The cities of refuge could afford him no sanctuary, and he was compelled to leave the kingdom, taking refuge at the court of Geshur, with his maternal grandfather, who would, doubtless, approve of his conduct.
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear , they shall be obedient unto me. Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger submit: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie
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<strong>Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, w...
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(45) **As soon as they hear.**—This and the previous clause are transposed in the psalm, this clause there constituting 2Samuel 22:44.
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
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<strong>Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, a...
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(46) **Shall be afraid out of their close places.**—The English here follows Psalm 18:45. but the Hebrew verbs differ by the transposition of a letter. This is probably a mere clerical error, but if it be retained the sense will be a little changed. The psalm means, *came trembling from their fastnesses, *representing the conquered as submitting with fear; the text here, *came limping from their f...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
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<strong>The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warri...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for
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<strong>It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine intervention, warrior language, and cove...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>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.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign....
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CHAPTER 14
2Sa 14:1-21. Joab Instructs a Woman of Tekoah.
**2-21. And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman--**The king was strongly attached to Absalom; and having now got over his sorrow for the violent death of Amnon, he was desirous of again enjoying the society of his favorite son, who had now been three long years absent. But a dread of public opinion and a regard to the p...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
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<strong>Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of divine interv...
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CHAPTER 14
2Sa 14:1-21. Joab Instructs a Woman of Tekoah.
**2-21. And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman--**The king was strongly attached to Absalom; and having now got over his sorrow for the violent death of Amnon, he was desirous of again enjoying the society of his favorite son, who had now been three long years absent. But a dread of public opinion and a regard to the p...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
Read full commentary →He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
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<strong>He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of David's Song, emphasizing praising God for deliverance. David's psalm of deliverance (parallel to Psalm 18) celebrates God's faithfulness throughout his tumultuous reign. The Hebrew poetry employs vivid imagery of...
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(51) **He is the tower of salvation.**—This translation follows the margin of the Hebrew. The text is found in the ancient versions and in Psalm 18:50. “Great deliverance giveth he.” The difference in the original between the consonants of the two words is extremely slight.
This brief review of these two recensions of this magnificent hymn is instructive, as showing that Providence has dealt with ...
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CHAPTER 14
2Sa 14:1-21. Joab Instructs a Woman of Tekoah.
**2-21. And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman--**The king was strongly attached to Absalom; and having now got over his sorrow for the violent death of Amnon, he was desirous of again enjoying the society of his favorite son, who had now been three long years absent. But a dread of public opinion and a regard to the p...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David at Adullam, Many resort to him.(1-5)
Saul destroys the priests of Nob.(6-19)
Abiathar escapes to David.(20-23)
**Verses 1-5**
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses, to bring about his own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be commanded by him. He receives all who come unto Him, however vile and mis...
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