2 Samuel 22:1-2

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 2 Samuel 22:1 sn In this long song of thanks, David affirms that God is his faithful protector. He recalls in highly poetic fashion how God intervened in awesome power and delivered him from death. His experience demonstrates that God vindicates those who are blameless and remain loyal to him. True to his promises, God gives the king victory on the battlefield and enables him to subdue nations. A parallel version of the song appears in Ps 18.
2. 2 Samuel 22:1 tn Heb “spoke.”
3. 2 Samuel 22:1 tn Heb “in the day,” or “at the time.”
4. 2 Samuel 22:1 tn Heb “hand.”
5. 2 Samuel 22:1 tn Heb “and from the hand of Saul.”
6. 2 Samuel 22:2 tn Traditionally “is my rock”; CEV “mighty rock”; TEV “is my protector.” This metaphor pictures God as a rocky, relatively inaccessible summit, where one would be able to find protection from enemies. See 1 Sam 23:25, 28.
7. 2 Samuel 22:2 tn Traditionally “my fortress”; TEV “my strong fortress”; NCV “my protection.”sn My stronghold. David often found safety in such strongholds. See 1 Sam 22:4-5; 24:22; 2 Sam 5:9, 17; 23:14.