Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 22:10
He (f) bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.
(f) So it seems when the air is dark.
He (f) bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.
(f) So it seems when the air is dark.
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.)....
_He bowed the heavens_ The dark canopy of storm cloud, which is the pavement under His feet (Nahum 1:3), lowers as He descends to judgment. God is said to _come down_when He manifests His power in the...
The manifestation of Jehovah for the discomfiture of David's enemies Earthquake and storm are regarded as the visible manifestations of Divine Power: and therefore God's interposition for the deliver...
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....
3. David's Song, 2 Samuel 22:1-51. _The Lord's Deliverance._ 2 Samuel 22:1-20 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 al...
_HE BOWED THE HEAVENS ALSO, AND CAME DOWN; AND DARKNESS WAS UNDER HIS FEET._ He bowed the heavens also, and came down. The scene is now removed from heaven to earth. Isaiah wished that God would "ren...
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....
וַ יֵּ֥ט שָׁמַ֖יִם וַ יֵּרַ֑ד וַ עֲרָפֶ֖ל
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,...
(7) 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. (8) Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations o...
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...
HE BOWED THE HEAVENS ALSO, AND CAME DOWN; AND DARKNESS [WAS] UNDER HIS FEET. Psalms 18:9....
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...
GRATITUDE FOR DELIVERANCE IN THE PAST...
He bowed the heavens also, for the lowering storm-clouds seem to draw the heaven down to the earth, AND CAME DOWN; AND DARKNESS WAS UNDER HIS FEET, a symbol of the terror struck by God's wrath, as He...
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 22:10 bowed H5186 (H8799) heavens H8064 down H3381 (H8799) darkness H6205 feet H7272 bowed -...
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...
_He bowed the heavens also and came down._ JESUS ANNOUNCED In 1808 there was a meeting of the Emperors of France and Russia at Erfurt. There were distinguished men there from other lands. It was so a...
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....
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 22:8 The Lord’s sudden appearance to help David is described in vivid language. It sounds like a description of a volcano, which causes earthquake, SMOKE, FIRE, fiery...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 22:10 BOWED THE HEAVENS could mean “spread open” or “parted” the heavens. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 22:1. This Psalm, with a few unimportant variations, is identical with the eighteenth in the Psalter. Wordsworth suggests that the modifications which there app...
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 Kings 8:12; Deuteronomy 4:11; Exodus 20:21; Isaiah 64:1; Luke 23:44