2 Samuel 22:1

The title

1. Compare the inscriptions which introduce Moses" songs in the historical narrative (Exodus 15:1; Deuteronomy 31:30). This inscription seems to have been taken by the compiler of Samuel and the compiler of the Psalter from a common source probably one of the prophetic histories of David's reign in which this Psalm was incorporated.

in the daythat] i.e. at the time when.

out of the hand of Saul Specially mentioned because Saul was the bitterest and most implacable of his enemies, and because the deliverance from his power raised David to the throne of Israel.