47 "The Lord lives , and blessed be my rock ; And exalted be God , the rock of my salvation , 48 The God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me, 49 Who also brings me out from my enemies ; You even lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man . 50 " Therefore e I will give thanks to You, O Lord , among the nations , And I will sing praises to Your name .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:47-50
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David's psalm of thanksgiving.
This chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards nearly as 2 Timothy 4:18. Those who receive signal mercies from God, ought to give him the glory. In the day that God delivered David, he sang this song. While the mercy is fresh, and we are most affected with it, let the thank-offering be brought, to be kindled with the fire of that affection. All his joys and hopes close, as all our hopes should do, in the great Redeemer.