51 Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
It is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword.
And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong. He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory and the lifter up of my head.
<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!
But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.
He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.
But they will be servants to the Lord their God and to David their king, whom I will give back to them.
And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus. He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father: He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.
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Commentary on 2 Samuel 22 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
CHAPTER 22
2Sa 22:1-51. David's Psalm of Thanksgiving for God's Powerful Deliverance and Manifold Blessings.
The song contained in this chapter is the same as the eighteenth Psalm, where the full commentary will be given [see on Ps 18:1, &c.]. It may be sufficient simply to remark that Jewish writers have noticed a great number of very minute variations in the language of the song as recorded here, from that embodied in the Book of Psalms—which may be accounted for by the fact that this, the first copy of the poem, was carefully revised and altered by David afterwards, when it was set to the music of the tabernacle. This inspired ode was manifestly the effusion of a mind glowing with the highest fervor of piety and gratitude, and it is full of the noblest imagery that is to be found within the range even of sacred poetry. It is David's grand tribute of thanksgiving for deliverance from his numerous and powerful enemies, and establishing him in the power and glory of the kingdom.