As a topic fundamental to humanity, violence is also to be encountered in the Bible: Psalm 2 Sam 22 covers many different forms of violence and is therefore suitable for elucidating the question as to how we can constructively deal with presentations of violence in the Bible. This volume illuminates the facets of the textual presentation of violence, using human scientific perspectives to reveal potential hermeneutics. The book is divided into three methodological steps: an overview of hermeneutics in biblical passages on violence juxtaposed against the author's own position, a review of explanatory models and of findings from violence research in the fields of sociology and psychology. Thirdly, an examination of the wording of 2 Sam 22 is undertaken, including an exegetic interpretation thereof.