2 Samuel 22:51
New International Version
“He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”

New Living Translation
You give great victories to your king; you show unfailing love to your anointed, to David and all his descendants forever.”

English Standard Version
Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.”

Berean Standard Bible
Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”

King James Bible
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

New King James Version
He is the tower of salvation to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore.”

New American Standard Bible
He is a tower of salvation to His king, And shows favor to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever.”

NASB 1995
“He is a tower of deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever.”

NASB 1977
He is a tower of deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever.”

Legacy Standard Bible
He gives great salvation to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his seed forever.”

Amplified Bible
“He is a tower of salvation and great deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his offspring forever.”

Christian Standard Bible
He is a tower of salvation for his king; he shows loyalty to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He is a tower of salvation for His king; He shows loyalty to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

American Standard Version
Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He enlarges the salvation of his King and he performs grace to his Anointed, to David and to his seed unto eternity!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.

Contemporary English Version
You give glorious victories to your chosen king. Your faithful love for David and for his descendants will never end.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Giving great salvation to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for ever.

English Revised Version
Great deliverance giveth he to his king: and sheweth lovingkindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He gives great victories to his king. He shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his descendant forever.

Good News Translation
God gives great victories to his king; he shows constant love to the one he has chosen, to David and his descendants forever.

International Standard Version
Great is the salvation he brings to his king, showing gracious love to his anointed, to David and to his offspring forever.

JPS Tanakh 1917
A tower of salvation is He to His king; And showeth mercy to His anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.

Literal Standard Version
Magnifying the salvations of His king, | And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, | To David, and to his seed—for all time!”

Majority Standard Bible
Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”

New American Bible
You have given great victories to your king, and shown kindness to your anointed, to David and his posterity forever.

NET Bible
He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and to his descendants forever!"

New Revised Standard Version
He is a tower of salvation for his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

New Heart English Bible
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his descendants, until forever."

Webster's Bible Translation
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and he showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

World English Bible
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.”

Young's Literal Translation
Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed -- unto the age!'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
David's Song of Deliverance
50Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name. 51Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”

Cross References
2 Samuel 7:12
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

Psalm 89:24
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.

Psalm 144:10
to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.


Treasury of Scripture

He is the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more.

the tower

2 Samuel 22:2
And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

Psalm 3:3
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

Psalm 21:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

his anointed

Psalm 18:50
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

Psalm 89:20
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

seed

2 Samuel 7:12,13
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom…

Psalm 18:50
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

Psalm 89:29,36
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven…

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2 Samuel 22
1. David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's deliverance and blessings














(51) He is the tower of salvation.--This translation follows the margin of the Hebrew. The text is found in the ancient versions and in Psalm 18:50. "Great deliverance giveth he." The difference in the original between the consonants of the two words is extremely slight.

This brief review of these two recensions of this magnificent hymn is instructive, as showing that Providence has dealt with the MSS. of the Old Testament as with those of the New, securing them during the long succession of ages from all substantial error, and yet not so destroying ordinary human action but that mere slips of the pen should sometimes creep in, and care and diligence be required to ascertain precisely what was originally written, and sometimes, perhaps, in the merest minutiae, leaving the original form still uncertain.

The Psalm is a grand anthem of thanksgiving of David for the many mercies he had received--a full and confident expression of his trust in God under all circumstances, and of his well-assured hope in the fulfilment of the Divine promise of the perpetuity of his kingdom through the coming of Him "in whom all the families of the earth should be blessed."



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Great
מִגְדּ֖וֹל (miḡ·dō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1431: To grow up, become great

salvation
יְשׁוּע֣וֹת (yə·šū·‘ō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3444: Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity

{He brings to} His king.
מַלְכּ֑וֹ (mal·kōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

He shows
וְעֹֽשֶׂה־ (wə·‘ō·śeh-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

loving devotion
חֶ֧סֶד (ḥe·seḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

to His anointed,
לִמְשִׁיח֛וֹ (lim·šî·ḥōw)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4899: Anointed, a consecrated person, the Messiah

to David
לְדָוִ֥ד (lə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

and his descendants
וּלְזַרְע֖וֹ (ū·lə·zar·‘ōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

forever.”
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while


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