2 Samuel 22:44

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
delivered	וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִי va.te.fa.le.Te.ni	H6403	to slip out · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
strivings	מֵרִיבֵ֖י me.ri.Vei	H7379	a contest (personal or legal) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
people	עַמִּ֑י 'a.Mi	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
kept	תִּשְׁמְרֵ֙נִי֙ tish.me.Re.ni	H8104	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
head	לְרֹ֣אשׁ le.Rosh	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
heathen	גּוֹיִ֔ם go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · noun, common masculine plural absolute
people	עַ֥ם 'am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
knew	יָדַ֖עְתִּי ya.Da'.ti	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
serve	יַעַבְדֻֽנִי ya.'av.Du.ni	H5647	to work (in any sense) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

2 Samuel 8:1-14 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Phili…
Isaiah 55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and…
2 Samuel 3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed…
Deuteronomy 28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken u…
2 Samuel 19:9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he deli…
2 Samuel 19:14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and al…
2 Samuel 5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Samuel 18:6-8 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:2–end

Let us observe, in this song of praise, I. How David adores God, and gives him the glory of his infinite perfections. There is none like him, nor any to be compared with him (Sa2 22:32): Who is God, save the Lord? All others that are adored as deities are counterfeits and pretenders. None is to be relied on but he. Who is a rock, save our God? They are dead, but the Lord liveth, Sa2 22:47. They disappoint their worshippers when they most need them. But as for God his way is perfect, Sa2 22:31. Men begin in kindness, but end not - promise, but perform not; but God will finish his work, and his word is tried, and what we may trust. II. How he triumphs in the interest he has in this God, and hi…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 22:11

He rode upon a cherub, and did fly - he was seen upon the things of the wind - In the original of this sublime passage, sense and sound are astonishingly well connected. I shall insert the Hebrew, represent it in English letters for the sake of the unlearned reader, and have only to observe, he must read from the right to the left. רוח כנפי על וירא ויעף כרוב על וירכב ruach canphey al vaiyera vaiyaoph kerub al vayirkab wind the of wings the upon seen was he and; fly did and cherub upon rode he The clap of the wing, the agitation and rush through the air are expressed here in a very extraordinary manner. Other beauties of this kind will be noted in the exposition of the Psalm alluded to abov…

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John Gill on 2 Samuel 22:44

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. See Gill on Psalm 18:43.

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 22:44-46

44 And Thou rescuest me out of the strivings of my people, Preservest me to be the head of the heathen. People that I knew not serve me. 45 The sons of the stranger dissemble to me, Upon hearsay they obey me. 46 The sons of the stranger despair, And tremble out of their castles. By "the strivings of my people" the more indefinite expression in the psalm, "strivings of the people," is explained. The words refer to the domestic conflicts of David, out of which the Lord delivered him, such as the opposition of Ishbosheth and the rebellions of Absalom and Sheba. These deliverances formed the prelude and basis of his dominion over the heathen. Consequently תּשׁמרני (Thou preservest me to be the h…

The Church Fathers

Therefore as we have shown above that the coming cessation of the old law and of the carnal circumcision was declared, so, too, the observance of the new law and the spiritual circumcision has shone out into the voluntary obediences of peace. For "a people," he says, "whom I did not know has served me; in obedience of the ear it has obeyed me." Prophets made the announcement. But what is the people which was ignorant of God, but ours, who in days bygone did not know God? And who, in the hearing of the ear, paid attention to him, but we, who, forsaking idols, have been converted to God?
— Tertullian, AN ANSWER TO THE JEWS 3

"Did Jesus come into the world for this purpose, that we [the Jews] should not believe him?" To which we immediately answer that he did not come with the object of producing unbelief among the Jews; but knowing beforehand that such would be the result, he foretold it and made use of their unbelief for the calling of the Gentiles. For through their sin salvation came to the Gentiles, respecting whom the Christ who speaks in the prophecies says, "A people whom I did not know became subject to me: they were obedient to the hearing of my ear"; and, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became manifest to those who did not inquire after me."
— Origen of Alexandria, AGAINST CELSUS 2.78

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Dictionary and topics

Songs — Of Moses (Ex. 15; Num. 21:17; Deut. 32; Rev. 15:3), Deborah (Judg. 5), Hannah (1 Sam. 2), David (2 Sam. 22, and Psalms), Mary (Luke 1:46-55), Zacharias (Luke 1:68-79), the angels (Luke 2:13), Simeon…
Strife · Saints should: Praise God for protection from — Saints should: Praise God for protection from

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 22:44

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:2–end

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 22:11

John Gill on 2 Samuel 22:44

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 22:44-46

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 22:44

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:2–end

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 22:11

John Gill on 2 Samuel 22:44

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 22:44-46

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 22:38-40

Rashi on 2 Samuel 22:44