Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
2 Samuel 22:28
Thine eyes are upon the haughty. — More briefly, but in more common form, the psalm, “wilt bring down high looks.”
Thine eyes are upon the haughty. — More briefly, but in more common form, the psalm, “wilt bring down high looks.”
2. DAVID'S SONG OF DELIVERANCE CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The praise of Jehovah (2 Samuel 22:1)_ 2. The sorrows of the past (2 Samuel 22:5) 3. God's presence and intervention (2 Samuel 22:8) 4. R
1 SAMUEL 22. PSALMS 18. This poem is dealt with in the commentary on the Psalms (Psalms book comments, and Psalms 18 chapter comments.)....
MERCIFUL. gracious. AND. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read this "And" in text. man. Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14....
_thine eyes_, &c. THINE EYES ARE AGAINST THE HAUGHTY, WHOM THOU BRINGEST LOW. In Psalms 18:27 a more usual phrase is found: "haughty eyes dost thou bring low." Cp. Isaiah 2:11-12; Isaiah 2:17. the aff...
The law of God's dealings with men The truth here enunciated is that God's attitude towards men is regulated by men's attitude towards God (cp. 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Samuel 15:23); not (though this is als...
AND DAVID SPAKE UNTO THE LORD—THIS SONG— As this fine poem of David's occurs in the book of Psalms, we shall not make any remark upon it till we come to its proper place. See Psalms 18....
_The Lord's Rewards._ 2 Samuel 22:21-31 21 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the Lo...
_AND THE AFFLICTED PEOPLE THOU WILT SAVE: BUT THINE EYES ARE UPON THE HAUGHTY, THAT THOU MAYEST BRING THEM DOWN._ The afflicted people thou wilt save - Thou hast shown me, by the course of my persona...
22:28 dost (a-6) Or 'wilt.'...
DAVID'S THANKSGIVING PSALM This beautiful poem has also been preserved as the Eighteenth Psalm. It probably belongs to the earlier portion of David's reign, when his conquests and God's promise (2 Sa...
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 22 DAVID PRAISES THE *LORD V1 The *Lord had saved David from Saul and all his other enemies. So David sang this song to the *Lord....
וְ אֶת ־עַ֥ם עָנִ֖י תֹּושִׁ֑יעַ וְ עֵינֶ֖יךָ
CHAPTER XXX. THE SONG OF THANKSGIVING. 2 Samuel 22:1. SOME of David's actions are very characteristic of himself; there are other actions quite out of harmony with his character. This psalm of thank...
The character of David is revealed in the two psalms recorded here. In the first of these, found in this chapter, we find the deepest things concerning him. It may be well to note its main divisions,...
(28) And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. This is a sweet verse. The eyes of the LORD are to humble the proud, to raise up t...
In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23. The songs that follow contain instruction of deep interest. In chapter 22 David comes forth from his sufferings and his affliction with a song of t...
AND THE AFFLICTED PEOPLE THOU WILT SAVE: BUT THINE EYES [ARE] UPON THE HAUGHTY, [THAT] THOU MAYEST BRING [THEM] DOWN. Psalms 18:27....
A Psalme of thankesgiuing for Gods powerfull deliuerance, and manifold blessings. 1 AND Dauid spake vnto the LORD the wordes of this song, in the day that the LORD had deliuered him out of the hand o...
And the afflicted people Thou wilt save, those bowed down by a weight of misery; BUT THINE EYES ARE UPON THE HAUGHTY, those who look down upon and oppress the poor and afflicted, THAT THOU MAYEST BRIN...
PRAISE AND PROPHECY...
This chapter presents David's song of triumph after God had subdued all his enemies under him. It is almost identical toPsalms 18:1, though with some variations. Of course faith realizes that God has...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Samuel 22:28 save H3467 (H8686) humble H6041 people H5971 eyes H5869 haughty H7311 (H8802) down H8213 ...
CONTENTS: David's song of deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: No believer has so little from God but there is ground for praise, nor so much but that he has need to call upon God. Prais...
2 Samuel 22:25. _The Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness._ True indeed: but says St. Paul, the reward is not reckoned of debt, but of grace. See on Psalms 18:24....
_David spake unto the Lord the word of this song._ THE SONG OF THANKSGIVING Some of David’s actions are very characteristic of himself; there are other actions quite out of harmony with his character...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 22:1__ David’s song recorded in this chapter is almost identical with Psalms 18:1, where it was adapted to serve as a public hymn....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 22:20. “LARGE PLACE.” Lit. _the broad_, a condition of freedom and safety in contrast with the straits and dangers of the past. 2 Samuel 22:21. _The Lord rewar...
EXPOSITION DAVID'S PSALM OF THANKSGIVING. This song, which is identical with Psalms 18:1; though with many verbal differences, is so universally acknowledged as a genuine composition of King David, t...
In chapter twenty-two we have David's song of deliverance. Here is a psalm that is not in the Psalms, but it is here in second Samuel, and it is like the Psalms. It is one of David's psalms of God's d...
1 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 5:6; Daniel 4:37; Exodus 10:3; Exodus 18:11;...