2 Samuel 22:22-23
Konteks22:22 For I have obeyed the Lord’s commands; 1
I have not rebelled against my God. 2
22:23 For I am aware of all his regulations, 3
and I do not reject his rules. 4
2 Samuel 22:38-39
Konteks22:38 I chase my enemies and destroy them;
I do not turn back until I wipe them out.
22:39 I wipe them out and beat them to death;
they cannot get up;
they fall at my feet.
2 Samuel 22:42
Konteks22:42 They cry out, 5 but there is no one to help them; 6
they cry out to the Lord, 7 but he does not answer them.
2 Samuel 23:6
Konteks23:6 But evil people are like thorns –
all of them are tossed away,
for they cannot be held in the hand.
[22:22] 1 tn Heb “for I have kept the ways of the
[22:22] 2 tn Heb “I have not acted wickedly from my God.” The statement is elliptical, the idea being, “I have not acted wickedly and, in so doing, departed from my God.”
[22:23] 3 tn Heb “for all his regulations are before me.” The term מִשְׁפָּטָו (mishpatav, “his regulations”) refers to God’s covenantal requirements, especially those which the king is responsible to follow (cf Deut 17:18-20). See also Pss 19:9 (cf vv. 7-8); 89:30; 147:20 (cf v. 19), as well as the numerous uses of the term in Ps 119.
[22:23] 4 tn Heb “and his rules, I do not turn aside from it.” Ps 18:22 reads, “and his rules I do not turn aside from me.” The prefixed verbal form is probably an imperfect; David here generalizes about his loyalty to God’s commands. The
[22:42] 5 tc The translation follows one medieval Hebrew
[22:42] 6 tn Heb “but there is no deliverer.”
[22:42] 7 tn The words “they cry out” are not in the Hebrew text. This reference to the psalmists’ enemies crying out for help to the