2 Samuel 5:7

5:7 But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the city of David).

2 Samuel 13:14

13:14 But he refused to listen to her. ¹  He overpowered her and humiliated her by raping her. ² 

2 Samuel 22:19

22:19 They confronted ³  me in my day of calamity,

but the Lord helped me. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 22:28

22:28 You deliver oppressed ⁵  people,

but you watch the proud and bring them down. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “to her voice.”

² tn Heb “and he humiliated her and lay with her.”

³ tn The same verb is translated “trapped” in v. 6. In this poetic narrative context the prefixed verbal form is best understood as a preterite indicating past tense, not imperfect. Cf. NAB, NCV, TEV, NLT “attacked.”

⁴ tn Heb “became my support.”

⁵ tn Or perhaps “humble” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT; note the contrast with those who are proud).

⁶ tc Heb “but your eyes are upon the proud, you bring low.” Ps 18:27 reads “but proud eyes you bring low.”