And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
David spake unto the Lord the words of this song (cf. Exodus 16:1 ; Deuteronomy 31:30 ), in the day that they had delivered him х bªyowm (H3117)] - not any specified day, but generally, when, after that the Lord had delivered him.
Out of the hand of all his enemies, х mikap (H3709) from the palm or hollow of the hand; used here poetically for yad (H3027), the hand] - i:e power or possession.
And out of the hand of Saul He is mentioned not as the last of Da id's persec tors bt rather as in the And out of the hand of Saul. He is mentioned, not as the last of David's persecutors, but rather as, in the spirit of bitter and implacable hostility, the greatest and most formidable of them all. The phrase means, especially out of the hand - i:e., the oppressive and sanguinary grasp of Saul. The form of expression was probably borrowed from Exodus 18:10, "Blessed be the Lord God, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh."