2 Samuel 22

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2 Samuel 22
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2 Samuel 22A Song or a Psalm
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A Song or a Psalm?

• (2 Sam 221 NKJV) Then David spoke to the LORD
  the words of this song, on the day when the LORD
  had delivered him from the hand of all his
  enemies, and from the hand of Saul.

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A Song or a Psalm?

• This song, which is found with scarcely any
  material variation as Ps. 18, and with the words
  of this first verse for its title, belongs to the
  early part of Davids reign when he was recently
  established upon the throne of all Israel, and
  when his final triumph over the house of Saul,
  and over the pagan nations 2Sa_2244-46,
  Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, Ammonites, and
  Edomites, was still fresh 2 Sam. 21. -- Albert
  Barnes

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A Song or a Psalm?

• (2 Sam 221 NKJV) Then David spoke to the LORD
  the words of this song, on the day when the LORD
  had delivered him from the hand of all his
  enemies, and from the hand of Saul.

• (Psa 181 NKJV) I will love You, O LORD, my
  strength.
• This verse doesnt match well, but there are many
  similarities. In the chapter

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They are very smiliar

• (2 Sam 222 NKJV) And he said "The LORD is my
  rock and my fortress and my deliverer

• (Psa 182 NKJV) The LORD is my rock and my
  fortress and my deliverer My God, my strength,
  in whom I will trust My shield and the horn of
  my salvation, my stronghold.

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Verses do not match exactly, but many of the
thoughts do match.

• (2 Sam 223 NKJV) The God of my strength, in
  whom I will trust My shield and the horn of my
  salvation, My stronghold and my refuge My
  Savior, You save me from violence.

• (Psa 182 NKJV) The LORD is my rock and my
  fortress and my deliverer My God, my strength,
  in whom I will trust My shield and the horn of
  my salvation, my stronghold.

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What about the Psalms?

• Some of them are in books of the Bible, other
  than the Psalms.
• One thing that makes them special is Davids
  diligence at expressing his profound thankfulness
  to God.
• He gives so many details of his thanks and his
  feelings.
• He says things we can identify with

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The God of my strength

• (2 Sam 223 NKJV) The God of my strength, in
  whom I will trust My shield and the horn of my
  salvation, My stronghold and my refuge My
  Savior, You save me from violence.

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Made into a Song we Sing

• (2 Sam 224 NKJV) I will call upon the LORD, who
  is worthy to be praised So shall I be saved from
  my enemies.

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The floods of ungodliness

• (2 Sam 225 NKJV) 'When the waves of death
  surrounded me, The floods of ungodliness made me
  afraid.

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Comment on 2 Samuel 225

• When the waves of death compassed me Though
  in a primary sense many of these things belong to
  David, yet generally and fully they belong to the
  Messiah alone. -- Adam Clarke

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Jesus said the Psalms spoke of Him

• (Luke 2444 NKJV) Then He said to them, "These
  are the words which I spoke to you while I was
  still with you, that all things must be fulfilled
  which were written in the Law of Moses and the
  Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me."

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David or Christ?

• (2 Sam 226 NKJV) The sorrows of Sheol
  surrounded me The snares of death confronted me.

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To Whom is the Prophet referring?

• (Acts 834 NKJV) So the eunuch answered Philip
  and said, "I ask you, of whom does the prophet
  say this, of himself or of some other man?"

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David was delivered from his enemies

• (2 Sam 227 NKJV) In my distress I called upon
  the LORD, And cried out to my God He heard my
  voice from His temple, And my cry entered His
  ears.

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Is this Christ or David?

• (2 Sam 228 NKJV) "Then the earth shook and
  trembled The foundations of heaven quaked and
  were shaken, Because He was angry.

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Is this about Christ?

• (Mat 2751-54 NKJV) Then, behold, the veil of
  the temple was torn in two from top to bottom
  and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, .
  . . 54 So when the centurion and those with
  him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake
  and the things that had happened, they feared
  greatly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God!"

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Or is it about David?

• Then the earth shook and trembled - In this
  and the following verses David describes, by the
  sublimest expressions and grandest terms, the
  majesty of God, and the awful manner in which he
  came to his assistance. The representation of the
  storm in these verses must be allowed by all
  skillful and impartial judges to be truly sublime
  and noble, and in the genuine spirit of poetry.
  -- Adam Clarke

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Gods Anger

• (2 Sam 229 NKJV) Smoke went up from His
  nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth
  Coals were kindled by it.

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Is this Prophecy?

• (2 Sam 2210 NKJV) He bowed the heavens also,
  and came down With darkness under His feet.
• (Mat 2745 NKJV) Now from the sixth hour until
  the ninth hour there was darkness over all the
  land.

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Is the Simply Poetic Beauty

• (2 Sam 2211 NKJV) He rode upon a cherub, and
  flew And He was seen upon the wings of the wind.

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Is this from Sinai?

• (2 Sam 2212 NKJV) He made darkness canopies
  around Him, Dark waters and thick clouds of the
  skies.
• (Exo 2020-21 NKJV) And Moses said to the
  people, "Do not fear for God has come to test
  you, and that His fear may be before you, so that
  you may not sin." 21 So the people stood afar
  off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where
  God was.

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Is this just Poetic Praise?

• (2 Sam 2213 NKJV) From the brightness before
  Him Coals of fire were kindled.

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The Thunder

• (2 Sam 2214 NKJV) "The LORD thundered from
  heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice.
• (Exo 1916 NKJV) Then it came to pass on the
  third day, in the morning, that there were
  thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on
  the mountain and the sound of the trumpet was
  very loud, so that all the people who were in the
  camp trembled.

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Figurative Language

• (2 Sam 2215 NKJV) He sent out arrows and
  scattered them Lightning bolts, and He
  vanquished them.

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Albert Barnes

• And discomfited them - literally, to impel, to
  drive then, to put in commotion or
  consternation. The allusion is to an army whose
  order is disturbed, or which is thrown into
  confusion, and which is, therefore, easily
  conquered. The idea is that David achieved a
  victory over all his enemies, as if God had
  scattered them by a storm and tempest.

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Gods complete Control

• (2 Sam 2216 NKJV) Then the channels of the sea
  were seen, The foundations of the world were
  uncovered, At the rebuke of the LORD, At the
  blast of the breath of His nostrils.
• The tempest of the air is attended by appropriate
  results on earth. The language, though not
  expressive of any special physical changes,
  represents the utter subversion of the order of
  nature. Before such a God none can stand.
  Jamieson, Faussett, Brown

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Do waters trouble?

• (2 Sam 2217 NKJV) "He sent from above, He took
  me, He drew me out of many waters.
• The meaning here is, that God had rescued him out
  of the many troubles and dangers that encompassed
  him, as if he had fallen into the sea and was in
  danger of perishing. Albert Barnes

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Thanks for His Deliverance!

• (2 Sam 2218 NKJV) He delivered me from my
  strong enemy, From those who hated me For they
  were too strong for me.

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Reflecting on troubles?

• (2 Sam 2219 NKJV) They confronted me in the day
  of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.

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More Appreciation

• (2 Sam 2220 NKJV) He also brought me out into a
  broad place He delivered me because He delighted
  in me.

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David started out so well!

• (2 Sam 2221 NKJV) "The LORD rewarded me
  according to my righteousness According to the
  cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

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I stayed true to God

• (2 Sam 2222 NKJV) For I have kept the ways of
  the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my
  God.

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He knew Gods Word

• (2 Sam 2223 NKJV) For all His judgments were
  before me And as for His statutes, I did not
  depart from them.
• The 119th Psalm is further commentary on his
  appreciation for how important it is to know the
  word of God.

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I have tried to do right

• (2 Sam 2224 NKJV) I was also blameless before
  Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
• Maybe the meaning
• (2 Sam 2224 NIV) I have been blameless before
  him and have kept myself from sin.

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God Does Reward Righteousness in some cases.

• (2 Sam 2225 NKJV) Therefore the LORD has
  recompensed me according to my righteousness,
  According to my cleanness in His eyes.

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The way we would hope

• (2 Sam 2226 NKJV) "With the merciful You will
  show Yourself merciful With a blameless man You
  will show Yourself blameless

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Reflect on This

• (Exo 346-7 NKJV) And the LORD passed before him
  and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful
  and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in
  goodness and truth, 7 "keeping mercy for
  thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression
  and sin, by no means clearing the guilty,
  visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
  children and the children's children to the third
  and the fourth generation."

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Reaping what you sow.

• (2 Sam 2227 NKJV) With the pure You will show
  Yourself pure And with the devious You will show
  Yourself shrewd.
• For comparison
• (Psa 1826 NCV) You are pure to those who are
  pure, but you are against those who are bad.

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Dont be Proud

• (2 Sam 2228 NKJV) You will save the humble
  people But Your eyes are on the haughty, that
  You may bring them down.
• A New Testament concept as well
• (James 46 NKJV) But He gives more grace.
  Therefore He says "God resists the proud, But
  gives grace to the humble."

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The Lamp!

• (2 Sam 2229 NKJV) "For You are my lamp, O LORD
  The LORD shall enlighten my darkness.
• (Psa 119105 NKJV) Your word is a lamp to my
  feet And a light to my path.

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God is my strength!

• (2 Sam 2230 NKJV) For by You I can run against
  a troop By my God I can leap over a wall.

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Praise for Gods Righteousness!

• (2 Sam 2231 NKJV) As for God, His way is
  perfect The word of the LORD is proven He is a
  shield to all who trust in Him.

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Only One God!

• (2 Sam 2232 NKJV) "For who is God, except the
  LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?

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I Depend on God

• (2 Sam 2233 NKJV) God is my strength and power,
  And He makes my way perfect.

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He makes me what I am

• (2 Sam 2234 NKJV) He makes my feet like the
  feet of deer, And sets me on my high places.

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He has given me military victory

• (2 Sam 2235 NKJV) He teaches my hands to make
  war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

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Gentleness has made me great.

• (2 Sam 2236 NKJV) "You have also given me the
  shield of Your salvation Your gentleness has
  made me great.

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You keep me safe

• (2 Sam 2237 NKJV) You enlarged my path under
  me So my feet did not slip.

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Thankful for Victory

• (2 Sam 2238 NKJV) "I have pursued my enemies
  and destroyed them Neither did I turn back again
  till they were destroyed.
• He had the nobility not to kill Saul

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Victory was true victory

• (2 Sam 2239 NKJV) And I have destroyed them and
  wounded them, So that they could not rise They
  have fallen under my feet.

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Once again, You helped me

• (2 Sam 2240 NKJV) For You have armed me with
  strength for the battle You have subdued under
  me those who rose against me.

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More victories

• (2 Sam 2241 NKJV) You have also given me the
  necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those
  who hated me.

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God had favored David

• (2 Sam 2242 NKJV) They looked, but there was
  none to save Even to the LORD, but He did not
  answer them.

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More Rejoicing of Victory

• (2 Sam 2243 NKJV) Then I beat them as fine as
  the dust of the earth I trod them like dirt in
  the streets, And I spread them out.

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He gave victory over civil war

• (2 Sam 2244 NKJV) "You have also delivered me
  from the strivings of my people You have kept me
  as the head of the nations. A people I have not
  known shall serve me.

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Victory over foreigners

• (2 Sam 2245 NKJV) The foreigners submit to me
  As soon as they hear, they obey me. (46) The
  foreigners fade away, And come frightened from
  their hideouts.

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Another one for our songs

• (2 Sam 2247 NKJV) "The LORD lives! Blessed be
  my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my
  salvation!

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God takes vengeance!

• (2 Sam 2248 NKJV) It is God who avenges me, And
  subdues the peoples under me
• (Heb 1030 NKJV) For we know Him who said,
  "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord.
  And again, "The LORD will judge His people."

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God takes vengeance!

• (2 Sam 2249 NKJV) He delivers me from my
  enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise
  against me You have delivered me from the
  violent man.

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David was thankful

• (2 Sam 2250 NKJV) Therefore I will give thanks
  to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing
  praises to Your name.

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He is the Kings Help

• (2 Sam 2251 NKJV) He is the tower of salvation
  to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To
  David and his descendants forevermore."

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What Can we Learn?
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What Can we Learn?

• David was the great Psalmist

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What Can we Learn?

• David was the great Psalmist
• David gave God credit for making him the success
  that he was.

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What Can we Learn?

• David was the great Psalmist
• David gave God credit for making him the success
  that he was.
• David underscored the fact that God wants
  goodness and rewards goodness for all.

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What Can we Learn?

• David was the great Psalmist
• David gave God credit for making him the success
  that he was.
• David underscored the fact that God wants
  goodness and rewards goodness for all.
• David was greatest at two things

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What Can we Learn?

• David was the great Psalmist
• David gave God credit for making him the success
  that he was.
• David underscored the fact that God wants
  goodness and rewards goodness for all.
• David was greatest at two things
• Thanking God for His goodness and deeds

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What Can we Learn?

• David was the great Psalmist
• David gave God credit for making him the success
  that he was.
• David underscored the fact that God wants
  goodness and rewards goodness for all.
• David was greatest at two things
• Thanking God for His goodness and deeds
• And pouring out his heart felt needs to God

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