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         grace, pointing to Christ’s righteousness as the only true hope   
         (Greear and Thomas 249–55).   
      
       • The reign of the Messiah centers on worship, not warfare. David   
         closes as a worshiper, anticipating the peaceful reign of Christ   
         over all nations (Greear and Thomas 249–55).   
      
   The Second Book of Samuel – David Toshio Tsumura   
      
       • The Samuel version preserves a more phonetic, narrative-oriented   
         form of the psalm, while Psalm 18 reflects later liturgical   
         refinement, demonstrating faithful textual transmission (Tsumura   
         300–22).   
      
       • Storm-theophany imagery portrays God as supreme over nature and   
         nations, rejecting pagan myth while asserting Yahweh’s universal   
         sovereignty (Tsumura 300–22).   
      
       • The final verse deliberately echoes Nathan’s covenant promise,   
         anchoring the song in the Davidic covenant and its eternal   
         fulfillment (Tsumura 300–22).   
      
   Works Cited   
      
   Beetham, Christopher A., and Nancy L. Erickson, editors. The NIV   
   Application Commentary on the Bible. One-Volume Edition, Zondervan   
   Academic, 2024, pp. 267–68.   
      
   Bergen, Robert D. 1, 2 Samuel. Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996, pp.   
   451–63.   
      
   Brooks, Keith. Summarized Bible: Complete Summary of the Old Testament.   
   Logos Bible Software, 2009, p. 68.   
      
   Burge, Gary M., and Andrew E. Hill, editors. The Baker Illustrated Bible   
   Commentary. Baker Books, 2012, pp. 309–10.   
      
   Greear, J. D., and Heath A. Thomas. Exalting Jesus in 1 & 2 Samuel.   
   Holman Reference, 2016, pp. 249–55.   
      
   Long, V. Philips. “1–2 Samuel.” Gospel Transformation Bible: English   
   Standard Version, edited by Bryan Chapell and Dane Ortlund, Crossway,   
   2013, pp. 409–10.   
      
   McGee, J. Vernon. Thru the Bible Commentary: History of Israel (1 and 2   
   Samuel). Vol. 12, Thomas Nelson, 1991, pp. 295–97.   
      
   Neely, Winfred O. “2 Samuel.” The Moody Bible Commentary, edited by   
      
   Michael A. Rydelnik and Michael Vanlaningham, Moody Publishers, 2014,   
   pp. 473–75.   
      
   Tsumura, David Toshio. The Second Book of Samuel. William B. Eerdmans   
   Publishing Company, 2019, pp. 300–22.   
      
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   raised Him from the dead?   
      
   That Christ died for our sins shows we're sinners who deserve the death   
   penalty. That God raised Him from the dead shows Christ's death   
   satisfied God's righteous demands against our sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John   
   2:1-2). This means God can now remain just, while forgiving you of your   
   sins, and saving you from eternal damnation.   
      
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