Poole on 2 Samuel 22:33-51: God's Effectual Help against Enemies

Verse 33:[1]  God is my (Ex. 15:2; Ps. 27:1; 28:7, 8; 31:4; Is. 12:2) strength and power:  and he (Heb. 13:21) maketh (Heb. riddeth, or, looseth[2]) my way (Deut. 18:13; Job 22:3; Ps. 101:2, 6; 119:1) perfect.

Verse 34:[3]  He maketh (Heb. equalleth[4]) my feet (2 Sam. 2:18; Hab. 3:19) like hinds’ feet:  and (Deut. 32:13; Is. 33:16; 58:14) setteth me upon my high places.

Verse 35:[5]  (Ps. 144:1) He teacheth my hands to war (Heb. for the war[6]); so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

Verse 36:[7]  Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation:  and thy gentleness hath made me great (Heb. multiplied me[8]).

Verse 37:[9]  Thou hast (Prov. 4:12) enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet (Heb. ankles[10]) did not slip.

Verse 38:[11]  I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

Verse 39:[12]  And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise:  yea, they are fallen (Mal. 4:3) under my feet.

Verse 40:[13]  For thou hast (Ps. 18:32, 39) girded me with strength to battle:  (Ps. 44:5) them that rose up against me hast thou subdued (Heb. caused to bow[14]) under me.

Verse 41:[15]  Thou hast also given me the (Gen. 49:8; Ex. 23:27; Josh. 10:24) necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

Verse 42:[16]  They looked, but there was none to save; even (Job 27:9; Prov. 1:28; Is. 1:15; Mic. 3:4) unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

Verse 43:[17]  Then did I beat them as small (2 Kings 13:7; Ps. 35:5; Dan. 2:35) as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them (Is. 10:6; Mic. 7:10; Zech. 10:5) as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

Verse 44:[18]  (2 Sam. 3:1; 8:1; 19:9, 14; 20:1, 2, 22) Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be (Deut. 28:13; 2 Sam. 8:1-14; Ps. 2:8) head of the heathen:  (Is. 55:5) a people which I knew not shall serve me.

Verse 45:[19]  Strangers (Heb. sons of the stranger[20]) shall submit themselves (or, yield feigned obedience:  Heb. lie;[21] see Deut. 33:29;[22] Ps. 66:3;[23] 81:15[24]) unto me:  as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

Verse 46:[25]  Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid (Mic. 7:17) out of their close places.

Verse 47:[26]  The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the (Ps. 89:26) rock of my salvation.

Verse 48:[27]  It is God that (1 Sam. 25:39; 2 Sam. 18:19, 31) avengeth me (Heb. giveth avengement to me[28]), and that (Ps. 144:2) bringeth down the people under me…

Verse 49:[29]  And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies:  thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me:  thou hast delivered me from the (Ps. 140:1) violent man.

Verse 50:[30]  Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among (Rom. 15:9) the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

Verse 51:[31]  (Ps. 144:10) He is the tower of salvation for his king:  and sheweth mercy to his (Ps. 89:20) anointed, unto David, and (2 Sam. 7:12, 13; Ps. 89:29) to his seed for evermore.

[1] Hebrew:  ‎הָאֵ֥ל מָעוּזִּ֖י חָ֑יִל וַיַּתֵּ֥ר תָּמִ֖ים דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃

[2] Hebrew:  ‎וַיַּתֵּר.

[3] Hebrew:  ‎מְשַׁוֶּ֥ה רַגְלָ֖יו כָּאַיָּל֑וֹת וְעַ֥ל בָּמוֹתַ֖י יַעֲמִדֵֽנִי׃

[4] Hebrew:  ‎מְשַׁוֶּה.  שָׁוָה signifies to be like; in the Piel, to be level.

[5] Hebrew:  ‎מְלַמֵּ֥ד יָדַ֖י לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וְנִחַ֥ת קֶֽשֶׁת־נְחוּשָׁ֖ה זְרֹעֹתָֽי׃

[6] Hebrew:  ‎לַמִּלְחָמָה.

[7] Hebrew:  ‎וַתִּתֶּן־לִ֖י מָגֵ֣ן יִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וַעֲנֹתְךָ֖ תַּרְבֵּֽנִי׃

[8] Hebrew:  ‎תַּרְבֵּנִי.

[9] Hebrew:  ‎תַּרְחִ֥יב צַעֲדִ֖י תַּחְתֵּ֑נִי וְלֹ֥א מָעֲד֖וּ קַרְסֻלָּֽי׃

[10] Hebrew:  ‎קַרְסֻלָּי.

[11] Hebrew:  ‎אֶרְדְּפָ֥ה אֹיְבַ֖י וָאַשְׁמִידֵ֑ם וְלֹ֥א אָשׁ֖וּב עַד־כַּלּוֹתָֽם׃

[12] Hebrew:  ‎וָאֲכַלֵּ֥ם וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יְקוּמ֑וּן וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ תַּ֥חַת רַגְלָֽי׃

[13] Hebrew:  ‎וַתַּזְרֵ֥נִי חַ֖יִל לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה תַּכְרִ֥יעַ קָמַ֖י תַּחְתֵּֽנִי׃

[14] Hebrew:  ‎תַּכְרִ֥יעַ.

[15] Hebrew:  ‎וְאֹ֣יְבַ֔י תַּ֥תָּה לִּ֖י עֹ֑רֶף מְשַׂנְאַ֖י וָאַצְמִיתֵֽם׃

[16] Hebrew:  ‎יִשְׁע֖וּ וְאֵ֣ין מֹשִׁ֑יעַ אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א עָנָֽם׃

[17] Hebrew:  ‎וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם כַּעֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ כְּטִיט־חוּצ֥וֹת אֲדִקֵּ֖ם אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃

[18] Hebrew:  ‎וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִי מֵרִיבֵ֖י עַמִּ֑י תִּשְׁמְרֵ֙נִי֙ לְרֹ֣אשׁ גּוֹיִ֔ם עַ֥ם לֹא־יָדַ֖עְתִּי יַעַבְדֻֽנִי׃

[19] Hebrew:  ‎בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־לִ֑י לִשְׁמ֥וֹעַ אֹ֖זֶן יִשָּׁ֥מְעוּ לִֽי׃

[20] Hebrew:  ‎בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר.

[21] Hebrew:  ‎יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ.

[22] Deuteronomy 33:29:  “Happy art thou, O Israel:  who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee (‎וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁ֤וּ אֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ לָ֔ךְ); and thou shalt tread upon their high places.”

[23] Psalm 66:3:  “Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee (‎יְֽכַחֲשׁ֖וּ לְךָ֣ אֹיְבֶֽיךָ׃).”

[24] Psalm 81:15:  “The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him (‎מְשַׂנְאֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ־ל֑וֹ):  but their time should have endured for ever.”

[25] Hebrew:  ‎בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָֽם׃

[26] Hebrew:  ‎חַי־יְהוָ֖ה וּבָר֣וּךְ צוּרִ֑י וְיָרֻ֕ם אֱלֹהֵ֖י צ֥וּר יִשְׁעִֽי׃

[27] Hebrew:  ‎הָאֵ֕ל הַנֹּתֵ֥ן נְקָמֹ֖ת לִ֑י וּמוֹרִ֥יד עַמִּ֖ים תַּחְתֵּֽנִי׃

[28] Hebrew:  ‎הַנֹּתֵ֥ן נְקָמֹ֖ת לִ֑י.

[29] Hebrew:  ‎וּמוֹצִיאִ֖י מֵאֹֽיְבָ֑י וּמִקָּמַי֙ תְּר֣וֹמְמֵ֔נִי מֵאִ֥ישׁ חֲמָסִ֖ים תַּצִּילֵֽנִי׃

[30] Hebrew:  ‎עַל־כֵּ֛ן אוֹדְךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם וּלְשִׁמְךָ֖ אֲזַמֵּֽר׃

[31] Hebrew:  ‎מַגְדִּ֖יל יְשׁוּע֣וֹת מַלְכּ֑וֹ וְעֹֽשֶׂה־חֶ֧סֶד לִמְשִׁיח֛וֹ לְדָוִ֥ד וּלְזַרְע֖וֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ פ