Jan. 20, 2002 Northwest Bible Church
2 Sam. 22:1-28
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INTRO
I. THE BACKGROUND TO THE PSALM.
A. Basically the same as Ps. 18.
B. The problem of David’s self-righteousness (vv. 21-25).
Several things should govern our interpretation.
1) David is not laying claim to __________________ (12:13). So, the language is not designed to indicate the perfection of his life, but the direction of his life.
2) We are not dealing with personal righteousness in order to merit ____________________. Rather, the context is temporal deliverances.
3) David is simply affirming the principle that some of God’s blessings come to His children based on their _________________________. Cf. 1 John 3:22;
1 John 2:3; Prov. 28:20; Prov. 10:6.
4) There is probably also a ________________ perspective here (cf. 2 Sam. 22:50 in Rom. 15:9).
C. The psalm has two major sections:
Deliverance from enemies (vv. 1-28) - David is passive
Victories over enemies (vv. 29-51) - David is active
II. DAVID’S PSALM OF DELIVERANCE.
Praise comes alive when we are delivered from dire circumstances. This is one of the reasons why God brings dangers, difficulties and disease into our life, to intensify our sense of potential loss and then our praise to God for His goodness.
Matthew Henry, "God sometimes brings his people into very great difficulties and dangers, that he may have the honor of saving them and they the comfort of being saved by him."
A. David’s praise to God (2-4).
B. David’s dire circumstances (5-7a).
David’s life was in danger (vv. 5-6).
So HOW do you cope with this? WHO do you turn to in times as this? David turned to the Lord (v. 7).
C. David’s deliverance (8-20).
David uses poetic language to express his deliverance by God. The imagery uses the terrors of earthquakes and storms.
Now we can better enter into the hallowed halls of the Hallelujahs in vv. 2-3 where David gives 10 rapid fire descriptions of His God.
The LORD is my:
ROCK -
FORTRESS -
DELIVERER -
GOD
ROCK -
SHIELD -
HORN -
STRONGHOLD -
REFUGE -
SAVIOR -
III. APPLICATION
Let David impart to us some of his passion in praising God for our deliverances. Ps. 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all. We should praise God for our deliverances:
1) ______________ deliverances.
2) ______________ salvation from sin, world and the devil.
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