Chapter commentary
2 Samuel Chapter 22
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2Sa 22:1-51.
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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.
2Sa 22:1-51.
大衛因神大能的拯救和諸般的祝福而作的感恩詩。
本章所載的詩歌，與詩篇第十八篇相同，詳盡的註釋見該處［參見
詩18:1
等的註釋］。在此只需指出：猶太學者曾注意到此處所記詩歌的言語與詩篇中所載之間，有大量極細微的差異——其原因或許在於：此為該詩最早的抄本，後來當它被配以會幕的樂曲時，經大衛仔細修訂改定。這篇受感的頌詩，顯然是一顆滿懷最熾熱敬虔與感恩之心的傾吐，其意象之壯美，即使在整個聖詩的範圍之內也罕有其匹。這是大衛為脫離眾多強敵、並被堅立於國度的權能榮耀之中而向神獻上的偉大感恩頌。