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2 Samuel Chapter 22
David's Song of Deliverance
- 2Samuel 22:1 And
David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that
the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies,
and out of the hand of Saul:
- 2 And he said, The
LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
- 3 The God of my
rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my
salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest
me from violence.
- 4 I will call on the
LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine
enemies.
Many times God delivered David from the
hands of all who wanted to kill him. I've heard many songs written
over the years using David's words in this passage. I remember one
song with the words, "The Lord is my strength and my song, and He has
become my salvation," taken from Psalm 118:14.
This happened many times when Saul, in
rages of jealousy tried to take David's life. In the previous
chapter the brother of Joab saved David from being slain by a giant.
Even in his youth David as a shepherd boy defended the sheep from
dangerous animals. A couple of times God protected David by giving
David a chance to kill Saul while he was sleeping but David chose
not to touch the Lord's anointed.
- 2Samuel 22:6 The
sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death
prevented me;
- 7 In my distress I
called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my
voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
God also delivered David from David's
own son who had an army of followers that grew so big David had to
flee the city and hide but God gave David the victory in the end.
- 2Samuel 22:8 Then
the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved
and shook, because he was wroth.
- 9 There went up a
smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured:
coals were kindled by it.
- 10 He bowed the
heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
11 And he rode
upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of
the wind.
12 And he made
darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick
clouds of the skies.
13 Through the
brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
14 The LORD
thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent
out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited
them.
16 And the
channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were
discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the
breath of his nostrils.
17 He sent from
above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
18 He delivered
me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they
were too strong for me.
This also happened to Jonah when he was
delivered from the belly of a large whale or fish. Also when Daniel
was delivered from the lions; the time those that hated him tricked
the king into sending Daniel to a den of hungry lions. We see also
the end times when God delivers Israel from the armies of the anti-christ.
The woman in Revelation chapter 12 represents the nation of Israel.
The reason I believe it represents
Israel is because of Joseph's dream and Jacob's interpretation.
- Genesis 37:9 And he
dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said,
Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and
the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
- 10 And he told it to
his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and
said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall
I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down
ourselves to thee to the earth?
Why Jacob rebuked Joseph for a dream he
dreamed, is puzzling. A person can't help what they dream but it
gives us a hint of what the woman represents in Revelation chapter
12.
- Revelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place
prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two
hundred and threescore days.
7 And
there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And
prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in
heaven.
9 And
the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the
Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast
out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And
I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation,
and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his
Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which
accused them before our God day and night.
11 And
they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of
their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to
the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is
come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that
he hath but a short time.
13 And
when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he
persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And
to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she
might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is
nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face
of the serpent.
15 And
the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the
woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And
the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
I included this to show that many
Psalms and songs of David of his deliverance seemed to be a form of
prophecy about what is to come as well as about those God delivered
in the past, like the 3 Hebrews that were thrown in the furnace and
yet didn't burn when God delivered them.
- 2Samuel 22:19 They
prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my
stay.
- 20 He brought me
forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he
delighted in me.
- 21 The LORD rewarded
me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of
my hands hath he recompensed me.
- 22 For I have kept
the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my
God.
- 23 For all his
judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not
depart from them.
- 24 I was also
upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
- 25 Therefore the
LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness;
according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
Even in the times David sinned, he
never once departed from faith in God and love for God. When he
repented, God forgave and restored him. This shows us what happens
when a person comes to Christ for salvation. All his past sins are
forgiven and he or she becomes a new creature in Christ.
- 2Samuel 22:26 With
the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the
upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
- 27 With the pure
thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew
thyself unsavoury.
This is why it is so important to
forgive those that do us wrong. It is not easy but when we show
mercy, God shows mercy to us. What goes around comes around. We reap
what we sow. That also is why those that do evil to human beings
without mercy, will never get away with it. When I think of
politicians that rob people by over taxing, sending the money to
foundations and other countries and then having them give a portion
back to their political campaign or even directly to them in some
way that is hidden; in the long run it will not profit them. It is
all for nothing. It is vanity, a waste and will do them harm, not
good.
Those that rule over people with
kindness and care, will be the ones that will reap good and be
remembered as heroes. Cheaters never win.
If those that do evil would only get
this. God will bring down those that do evil. Sometimes we may
not see it in our lifetime but no one gets away with anything.
However, there is hope. When we repent, genuinely repent so much so
that we stop sinning and if possible right any wrongs we have done,
sometimes the consequences remain as we saw in the life of David, but
in eternity, our eternal souls are saved through Jesus our Christ.
Abraham and David believed in God and stayed faithful to Him even
though they made many mistakes in their lifetime. Their faith saved
them. They recognized their faults and trusted in God to provide
salvation. David grieved when he sinned. He did not try to ignore or
cover it up. We can make things right with God and not be lost. We
can change.
We look to Him and He provides a way
when there seems to be no way. He is the light of the world. We can
overcome by the blood of Jesus that was shed in our place but is
available only to those that receive them and simply believe.
Abraham believed God and it was counted as righteousness to him.
- 2Samuel 22:30 For by
thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a
wall.
Every one of David's victories was by the
power of God.
- 2Samuel 22:31 As for
God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a
buckler to all them that trust in him.
- 32 For who is God,
save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
- 33 God is my
strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
In the book of Acts as well as the four
gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, we see the promise of the
Holy Spirit given to those that place their faith in Jesus. By the
Holy Spirit we can overcome and live a fruitful life for the Lord.
- 2Samuel 22:34 He
maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high
places.
- 35 He teacheth my
hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
- 36 Thou hast also
given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath
made me great.
- 37 Thou hast
enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
- 38 I have pursued
mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I
had consumed them.
- 39 And I have
consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea,
they are fallen under my feet.
- 40 For thou hast
girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me
hast thou subdued under me.
- 41 Thou hast also
given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them
that hate me.
- 42 They looked, but
there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them
not.
- 43 Then did I beat
them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the
mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
- 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.
- 45 Strangers shall
submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be
obedient unto me.
- 46 Strangers shall
fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
- 47 The LORD liveth;
and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my
salvation.
Again and again, many compassed David
before and after he became king but through God's strength and
power, David was victorious over all enemies including enemies in
the spiritual realm. We can see from this writing by his own hand
that he overcame his own failures by God's faithfulness to him.
- 2Samuel 22:48 It is
God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under
me,
- 49 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 violent man.
- 50 Therefore I will
give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will
sing praises unto thy name.
- 51 He is the tower
of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed,
unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
In the latter days the final attack of
the enemy against all the followers of Jesus Christ is defeated.
-
Revelation 20:9 And they went up on
the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints
about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of
heaven, and devoured them.
To all that read this study, God and
His people will win in the end where it counts for all eternity. We
don't have to be lost and on the losing side. Jesus is the light,
the true and the way out of the mess of sin we get ourselves in. DC
2 Samuel Chapter 23
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