Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 22:33
God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect.
33. my strength and power ] Rather, my strong fortress. Psa 18:32 reads “who girdeth me with strength:” cp. 2Sa 22:40.
maketh my way perfect ] Maketh is a different word from that similarly translated in Psa 18:32, and seems to express the removal of obstacles which blocked up the path of his life. Observe the analogy between the perfection of God’s way ( 2Sa 22:31) and His servant’s. Cp. Mat 5:48. Cp. also Psa 101:2; Psa 101:6.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
2Sa 22:33-34
He maketh my way perfect.
The perfect way indicated
A gentleman crossing the English Channel stood near the helmsman. It was a calm and pleasant evening, and no one dreamed of a possible danger to their good ship. But a sudden flapping of a sail, as if the wind had shifted, caught the ear of the officer on watch, and he sprang at once to the wheel, examining closely the compass. You are half a point off the course, he said sharply to the man at the wheel. The deviation was corrected, and the officer returned to his post. You must steer very accurately, said the looker-on, when only half a point is so much thought of. Ah! half a point in many places might bring us directly on the rocks, he said. What avails being almost right, if destruction is the end? Many, it is to be feared, have missed eternal life by half a point. Alas, many Christians allow slight deviations from the law of Christ in their lives. He is daily with us to correct us, and we attain to the perfect way only by implicit obedience to the word of the Captain of our Salvation.
The perfect rule for the path of life
The Bible is so strict and old-fashioned, said a young man to a greyhaired friend who was advising him to study Gods Word if he would learn how to live. There are plenty of books written nowadays that are moral enough in their teaching, and dont bind me down as the Bible does. The old merchant turned to his desk and took down a couple of rulers, one of which was slightly bent. With each of these he ruled a line, and silently handed the ruled paper to his companion. Well, said the lad, what do you mean? One line is straight and true, is it not? Now, my young friend, when you mark your path in life, do not use a crooked ruler!
God made ways for our feet
God does not make straight even paths all alike, as in great cities now. There is infinite variety in the paths He makes, and He can make them anywhere. Think you not that He who made the spider able to drop anywhere, and to spin its own path as it goes, is not able to spin a path for you through every blank or perplexity, or depression? (C. A. Fox.)
Go straight and keep steady
While walking in the country with several relatives, a little girl came to a deep ditch which could only be crossed by a narrow plank. Though for a time she feared to cross, she suddenly looked round and exclaimed: Grandpa, you go first; you are the heaviest, and I want to see how you do it. After watching her grandparent safely over the plank, the child said: Oh, I can do that; you have only to go straight and keep steady. May we net learn that if we would go the way that God has opened, we have but to follow His Word, go straight, and keep our faith steady? Our difficulties may be overcome if we will but allow God to clear the way, instead of attempting to do so in our own strength. (The Advertiser.)
Our way perfected by the hand of another
I sometimes think of it as of a child sitting in a boat. The child does not know the coast, and it very little understands how to row. If the child were left to itself, pulling upon the oars, its right hand being a little stronger than the other, it would be all the time veering the boat to the right, and the boat would be constantly turning round and round. The child would, perhaps, make its way out of the harbour and into the ocean, and it would be carried away and lost if there were no guiding power in the boat except its own. But there in the stern sits the father. The uneven strokes of the child would carry the boat this way or that way out of its course; but the steady hand of the father overcomes those uneven strokes; and all the mistakes with the oars are rectified by the rudder, and the boat keeps the right course. So that the force exerted by the child, though misdirected, all works for good when the father guides. (H. W. Beecher.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect. [See comments on Ps 18:32].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(33) God is my strength and power.Better, my strong fortress. The psalm has quite a different thought, which is expressed in 2Sa. 22:40, It is God that girdeth me with strength.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
strength = fortress.
power = strength.
maketh my way perfect: or, showeth to the blameless His way. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read “my way”, as in Psa 18:32.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
strength: Exo 15:2, Psa 18:32, Psa 27:1, Psa 28:7, Psa 28:8, Psa 31:4, Psa 46:1, Isa 41:10, Zec 10:12, 2Co 12:9, Eph 6:10, Phi 4:13
maketh: Heb. riddeth, or looseth
my way: Heb 13:21
perfect: Deu 18:13, Job 22:3, Psa 101:2, Psa 101:6, Psa 119:1
Reciprocal: 1Sa 17:45 – in the name