15 He sent out arrows, and scattered them;
lightning, and confused them. 16 Then the channels of the sea appeared.
The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of Yahweh,
At the blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17 He sent from on high and he took me.
He drew me out of many waters. 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. 19 They came on me in the day of my calamity,
but Yahweh was my support. 20 He also brought me out into a large place.
He delivered me, because he delighted in me. 21 Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness.
He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands. 22 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:15-22

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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.