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A Song of Deliverance
Commentators note that this entire chapter is a song of praise, nearly identical to Psalm 18. The verse's intense imagery of being trapped by death ('cords of Sheol,' 'snares of death') sets the stage for the powerful deliverance that David celebrates throughout the song.
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2 Samuel
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John Gill
On 2 Samuel 22:6
17th Century
Pastor
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death
prevented me.] (See Gill on Psalms 18:5).
Matthew Henry
On 2 Samuel 22:1–51
17th Century
Minister
This chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards very similar to Psalm 18. Those who trust God in the way of duty will find him a present h…