Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we approach the end of David's life, so we're beginning to take a look back at all the many ways God has worked in his life through all the ups and downs.

David's doing this too in song form. His song in chapter 22 bears a lot of similarity to Psalm 18, which we read on

day 109. So here's a reminder of what we talked about on that day. This song is a testament to the

goodness of God through all of David's trials. He makes a lot of claims about his

righteousness here, but if we look closely, we see that he describes his righteousness as being a

gift from God. It is God who makes his way blameless. He continues to point to God as the source of all

these good things. God is the one who equips him, delivers him, and protects him. David recognizes that this all starts with God. He is the source of all the good things. God is the one who equips him, delivers him, and protects him. David recognizes that

this all starts with God. He is the source of all the good things we have and offer back to him.

The heading of chapter 23 in my Bible says, the last words of David. But don't worry, there's still

more of David yet to come in this book, as well as in a couple other books. He's not dead yet. David begins by identifying himself humbly as the son of Jesse. And then he identifies

the ways that God has exalted the lowly by raising him up and anointing him. Not only that,

but God speaks to him and through him, and he serves as a prophet to Israel, not just a king.

God is like sunlight and rain bringing life and light to David as he rules by the fear of God,

in stark contrast to Saul, who ruled by the fear of man.

God made a covenant with David, and he continues to deal with David according to that covenant.

It hasn't changed, and everything that has transpired in David's life has been a fixed part of

God's precise, unshakable plan. In verse 6, he refers to worthless men, which can be translated

Men of Belial or Sons of the devil. He says they're like

thorns that will be burned up. Then we close the chapter by recounting David's mighty men and a few

of their exploits and victories. One of those that we've read about before, but that we didn't discuss,

was the incident where David happened to mention how he wanted some water from back home,

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