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He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>He is</i> the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“<i>He</i> <i>is</i> the tower of salvation to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“<i>He is</i> a tower of salvation <i>to</i> His king, And shows favor to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He is a tower of deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“<i>He</i> is a tower of deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br /><i>He</i> gives great salvation to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his seed forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“He is a tower of salvation <i>and</i> great deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his offspring forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is a tower of salvation for his king; he shows loyalty to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is a tower of salvation for His king; He shows loyalty to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You give glorious victories to your chosen king. Your faithful love for David and for his descendants will never end. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Great deliverance giveth he to his king: and sheweth lovingkindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He gives great victories to his king. He shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his descendant forever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God gives great victories to his king; he shows constant love to the one he has chosen, to David and his descendants forever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Great is the salvation he brings to his king, showing gracious love to his anointed, to David and to his offspring forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and to his descendants forever!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his descendants, until forever."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He is the tower of salvation for his king: and he showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Magnifying the salvations of His king, "" And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, "" To David, and to his seed—for all time!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed -- unto the age!'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Magnifying the salvation of his king: And he has done mercy to his Messiah To David and to his seed even to forever.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Giving great salvation to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for ever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You have given great victories to your king, and shown kindness to your anointed, to David and his posterity forever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He is a tower of salvation for his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He gives great salvation to his king and shows mercy to his anointed, to David and to his descendants for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He enlarges the salvation of his King and he performs grace to his Anointed, to David and to his seed unto eternity! <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />A tower of salvation is He to His king; And showeth mercy to His anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/22-51.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=7048" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/22.htm">David's Song of Deliverance</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">50</span>Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name. <span class="reftext">51</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1431.htm" title="1431: maḡ·dīl (N-msc) -- To grow up, become great. A primitive root; properly, to twist, i.e. To be large.">Great</a> <a href="/hebrew/3444.htm" title="3444: yə·šū·‘ō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Salvation. Feminine passive participle of yasha'; something saved, i.e. deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity.">salvation</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: mal·kōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">He brings to His king.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·‘ō·śeh- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">He shows</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617: ḥe·seḏ (N-ms) -- Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty. From chacad; kindness; by implication piety: rarely reproof, or Beauty.">loving devotion</a> <a href="/hebrew/4899.htm" title="4899: lim·šî·ḥōw (Prep-l:: Adj-msc:: 3ms) -- Anointed. From mashach; anointed; usually a consecrated person; specifically, the Messiah.">to His anointed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: lə·ḏā·wiḏ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">to David</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: ū·lə·zar·‘ōw (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">and his descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">forever.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. "></a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-50.htm">Psalm 18:50</a></span><br />Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/144-10.htm">Psalm 144:10</a></span><br />to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Isaiah 55:3</a></span><br />Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-25.htm">1 Kings 8:25</a></span><br />Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-13.htm">1 Chronicles 17:13-14</a></span><br />I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor. / But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-23.htm">1 Chronicles 17:23-27</a></span><br />And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised, / so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You. / For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-3.htm">Psalm 89:3-4</a></span><br />You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: / ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-28.htm">Psalm 89:28-29</a></span><br />I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast. / I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-35.htm">Psalm 89:35-37</a></span><br />Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David— / his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, / like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm">Isaiah 9:7</a></span><br />Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-17.htm">Jeremiah 33:17</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a></span><br />He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-69.htm">Luke 1:69-73</a></span><br />He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, / as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past, / salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-22.htm">Acts 13:22-23</a></span><br />After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’ / From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3</a></span><br />regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He is the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more.</p><p class="hdg">the tower</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/22-2.htm">2 Samuel 22:2</a></b></br> And he said, The LORD <i>is</i> my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/3-3.htm">Psalm 3:3</a></b></br> But thou, O LORD, <i>art</i> a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/21-1.htm">Psalm 21:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!</p><p class="hdg">his anointed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-50.htm">Psalm 18:50</a></b></br> Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-20.htm">Psalm 89:20</a></b></br> I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:</p><p class="hdg">seed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12,13</a></b></br> And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-50.htm">Psalm 18:50</a></b></br> Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-29.htm">Psalm 89:29,36</a></b></br> His seed also will I make <i>to endure</i> for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/19-32.htm">Age</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-21.htm">Anointed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-1.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-13.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-15.htm">Deliverances</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-22.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Evermore</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-29.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/revelation/1-18.htm">Forevermore</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-21.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-36.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-17.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-15.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/acts/10-46.htm">Magnifying</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-36.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-47.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-6.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/judges/1-25.htm">Sheweth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-8.htm">Showeth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-12.htm">Shows</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-2.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-3.htm">Tower</a> <a href="/judges/5-11.htm">Triumphs</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-14.htm">Unfailing</a> <a href="/psalms/44-4.htm">Victories</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/23-11.htm">Age</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-1.htm">Anointed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-1.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-12.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/psalms/18-50.htm">Deliverances</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-33.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-33.htm">Evermore</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-31.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-37.htm">Forevermore</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-23.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-9.htm">Great</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-7.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-6.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/job/12-23.htm">Magnifying</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-14.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-5.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-11.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-15.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-9.htm">Sheweth</a> <a href="/job/36-9.htm">Showeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-52.htm">Shows</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-23.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-24.htm">Tower</a> <a href="/psalms/18-50.htm">Triumphs</a> <a href="/psalms/6-4.htm">Unfailing</a> <a href="/psalms/18-50.htm">Victories</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-1.htm">David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's deliverance and blessings</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "great salvation" refers to the numerous victories and deliverances David experienced throughout his life, often against overwhelming odds. This salvation is not just physical but also spiritual, as God establishes David's kingdom and lineage. The concept of God as a deliverer is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, seen in the Exodus narrative and the deliverance of Israel from various enemies. The "king" here is David, but it also foreshadows the ultimate King, Jesus Christ, who brings salvation to all humanity. The Davidic Covenant, found in <a href="/2_samuel/7.htm">2 Samuel 7</a>, promises that David's throne will be established forever, pointing to the eternal reign of Christ.<p><b>He shows loving devotion to His anointed,</b><br>The term "anointed" refers to someone chosen and consecrated by God for a specific purpose. In the Old Testament, kings, priests, and prophets were anointed with oil as a sign of God's selection and empowerment. David was anointed by the prophet Samuel (<a href="/1_samuel/16-13.htm">1 Samuel 16:13</a>), signifying God's choice of him as king. The phrase "loving devotion" translates the Hebrew word "chesed," which encompasses God's steadfast love, mercy, and faithfulness. This covenantal love is a central theme in the Bible, reflecting God's unwavering commitment to His people. The anointing of David prefigures the anointing of Jesus, the Messiah (meaning "Anointed One"), who fulfills the roles of prophet, priest, and king.<p><b>to David and his descendants forever.</b><br>This phrase underscores the eternal nature of God's promise to David. The Davidic Covenant assures that David's lineage will endure forever, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, a descendant of David (<a href="/matthew/1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a>). This promise is significant in the biblical narrative, as it establishes the messianic hope that a descendant of David will reign eternally. The genealogies in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke trace Jesus' lineage back to David, affirming Him as the rightful heir to David's throne. The phrase "forever" emphasizes the perpetual nature of God's covenant, which is not limited by time or human failure. This eternal promise is a cornerstone of Christian eschatology, anticipating the second coming of Christ and His everlasting kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The second king of Israel, known for his heart for God and his role as a warrior and psalmist. This verse is part of a song of praise attributed to him.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, who grants victory and shows steadfast love to His chosen ones.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/david's_descendants.htm">David's Descendants</a></b><br>Refers to the lineage of David, which is significant in biblical history, leading to the birth of Jesus Christ.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation over which David ruled, representing God's chosen people in the Old Testament.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/anointed.htm">Anointed</a></b><br>Refers to those chosen by God for a special purpose, specifically David in this context, but also pointing forward to the Messiah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>God is faithful to His promises, as seen in His enduring covenant with David. Believers can trust in God's steadfast love and faithfulness in their own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/victory_through_god.htm">Victory Through God</a></b><br>True victory comes from God. Like David, we should attribute our successes to God's power and grace, recognizing His hand in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_anointed_one.htm">The Anointed One</a></b><br>David's role as the anointed king foreshadows the coming of Jesus, the ultimate Anointed One. This highlights the continuity of God's salvation plan through history.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faith.htm">Legacy of Faith</a></b><br>David's descendants are blessed because of his relationship with God. Our faithfulness can impact future generations, encouraging us to live lives that honor God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/praise_and_worship.htm">Praise and Worship</a></b><br>David's song is a model of how we should respond to God's work in our lives—with praise and worship, acknowledging His greatness and mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/literal_vs._metaphorical_in_2_samuel_22.htm">(2 Samuel 22) How can we tell which elements of this praise song are meant literally versus those intended as metaphorical or hyperbolic language?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_joab's_ruse_reveal_a_plot_hole.htm">2 Samuel 14:2-3: Does Joab's use of a disguised woman to deceive David suggest a narrative hole, since such a ruse seems unlikely to fool a king?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_condemn_ishbosheth's_killers.htm">2 Samuel 4:5-7 - If God intended David to become king, why would these assassins be condemned for eliminating Ishbosheth, who was hindering David's rule?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/david's_horsemen_capture__1,700_or_7,000.htm">When David defeated the King of Zobah, how many horsemen did he capture? One thousand and seven hundred (2 Samuel 8:4) Seven thousand (I Chronicles 18:4)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(51) <span class= "bld">He is the tower of salvation.</span>--This translation follows the margin of the Hebrew. The text is found in the ancient versions and in <a href="/psalms/18-50.htm" title="Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more.">Psalm 18:50</a>. "Great deliverance giveth he." The difference in the original between the consonants of the two words is extremely slight.<p>This brief review of these two recensions of this magnificent hymn is instructive, as showing that Providence has dealt with the MSS. of the Old Testament as with those of the New, securing them during the long succession of ages from all substantial error, and yet not so destroying ordinary human action but that mere slips of the pen should sometimes creep in, and care and diligence be required to ascertain precisely what was originally written, and sometimes, perhaps, in the merest minutiae, leaving the original form still uncertain.<p>The Psalm is a grand anthem of thanksgiving of David for the many mercies he had received--a full and confident expression of his trust in God under all circumstances, and of his well-assured hope in the fulfilment of the Divine promise of the perpetuity of his kingdom through the coming of Him "in whom all the families of the earth should be blessed."<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/22-51.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Great</span><br /><span class="heb">מִגְדּ֖וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(miḡ·dō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grow up, become great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">salvation</span><br /><span class="heb">יְשׁוּע֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(yə·šū·‘ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3444.htm">Strong's 3444: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">{He brings to} His king.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְכּ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(mal·kōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He shows</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעֹֽשֶׂה־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ō·śeh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">loving devotion</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶ֧סֶד</span> <span class="translit">(ḥe·seḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2617.htm">Strong's 2617: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to His anointed,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִמְשִׁיח֛וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lim·šî·ḥōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4899.htm">Strong's 4899: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anointed, a consecrated person, the Messiah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to David</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדָוִ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and his descendants</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְזַרְע֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·zar·‘ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever.”</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/22-51.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 22:51 He gives great deliverance to his king (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/22-50.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 22:50"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 22:50" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/23-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 23:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 23:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>