College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
2 Samuel 22:32-51
The Lord's Victory. 2 Samuel 22:32-51
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 great.
37
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me;
so that my feet did not slip.
38
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them;
and turned not again until I had consumed them.
39
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise:
yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle:
them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
41
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies,
that I might destroy them that hate me.
42
They looked, but there was none to save;
even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
43
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.
44
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.
45
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me:
as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
46
Strangers shall fade away,
and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
47
The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock;
and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
48
It is God that avengeth me,
and that bringeth down the people under me,
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.
50
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen,
and I will sing praises unto thy name.
51
He is the tower of salvation for his king:
and showeth mercy to his anointed,
unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
David finally broke into a doxology of praise and thanksgiving. He returned to the theme with which he began the psalm, as he called God, the rock of his salvation (2 Samuel 22:2; 2 Samuel 22:49). God had avenged David of his enemies and subdued people under his command. None of his enemies had been able to overcome him, and he had been exalted to a high place among the kings of the day. Violent men had not been able to destroy him, not even his own son, Absalom. David therefore, gave thanks to God that even the heathen might know of his mercies. David would sing praises to God who was his tower of salvation (2 Samuel 22:3; 2 Samuel 22:51). David closed his song by referring to himself as God's anointed who had received God's mercy. God's mercy was not only given to David, but was promised to his seed after him, this latter reference being an allusion to a covenant made with him in 2 Samuel 7.
4.
What five songs are recorded in Samuel?
The following songs are all found in the books of Samuel and furnish typical samples of Israel's poetry:
1.
Hannah's song of Thanksgiving
I Samuel
2.
David's Lament
II Samuel
3.
David's Dirge
II Samuel
4.
David's Song of Thanksgiving
II Samuel
5.
David's Last Words
II Samuel