2 Samuel 22:50

22:50 So I will give you thanks, O Lord, before the nations! ¹ 

I will sing praises to you. ² 

Mazmur 18:50

18:50 He ³  gives his chosen king magnificent victories; ⁴ 

he is faithful ⁵  to his chosen ruler, ⁶ 

to David and his descendants ⁷  forever.” ⁸ 

[22:50]  ¹ sn This probably alludes to the fact that David will praise the Lord in the presence of the defeated nations when they, as his subjects, bring their tribute payments. Ideally God’s chosen king was to testify to the nations of God’s greatness. See J. Eaton, Kingship and the Psalms (SBT), 182-85.

[22:50]  ² tn Heb “to your name.” God’s “name” refers metonymically to his divine characteristics as suggested by his name, in this case “Lord,” the primary name of Israel’s covenant God which suggests his active presence with his people (see Exod 3:12-15).

[18:50]  ³ tn Or “the one who.”

[18:50]  ⁴ tn Heb “magnifies the victories of his king.” “His king” refers to the psalmist, the Davidic king whom God has chosen to rule Israel.

[18:50]  ⁵ tn Heb “[the one who] does loyalty.”

[18:50]  ⁶ tn Heb “his anointed [one],” i.e., the psalmist/Davidic king. See Ps 2:2.

[18:50]  ⁷ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[18:50]  ⁸ sn If David is the author of the psalm (see the superscription), then he here anticipates that God will continue to demonstrate loyalty to his descendants who succeed him. If the author is a later Davidic king, then he views the divine favor he has experienced as the outworking of God’s faithful promises to David his ancestor.