2 Samuel 22
1 And David spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
And David spoke to the Lord the words of this verse, in the day that the Lord freed him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
2 And he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine.
And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.
3 God, my rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. Thou save me from violence.
I will hope in him. God is my strong one, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. He lifts me up, and he is my refreshment. You, O my Savior, will free me from iniquity.
4 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised. So I shall be saved from my enemies.
I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies.
5 For the waves of death encompassed me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me.
The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me. (Sheol h7585)
7 In my distress I called upon Jehovah. Yea, I called to my God. And he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came into his ears.
In my tribulation, I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry out to my God. And he will heed my voice from his temple, and my outcry will reach his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and flew. Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid upon the wings of the wind.
12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.
13 At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled.
14 Jehovah thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them, lightning, and discomfited them.
He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.
16 Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
And the overflow of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the globe were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the exhale of the breath of his fury.
17 He sent from on high, he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
He sent from on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
He freed me from my most powerful enemy and from those who had hated me. For they were too strong for me.
19 They came upon me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my support.
He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.
20 He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
And he led me out to a wide-open place. He freed me, because I was pleasing to him.
21 Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For I have kept to the ways of the Lord, and I have not acted impiously before my God.
23 For all his ordinances were before me. And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.
24 I was also perfect toward him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.
25 Therefore Jehovah has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his eyesight.
And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice, and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.
26 With the merciful thou will show thyself merciful. With the perfect man thou will show thyself perfect.
With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.
27 With the pure thou will show thyself pure. And with the perverse thou will show thyself contrary.
With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.
28 And the afflicted people thou will save, but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou may bring them down.
And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.
29 For thou are my lamp, O Jehovah. And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.
For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.
30 For by thee I run upon a troop. By my God do I leap over a wall.
For in you, I will run girded. In my God, I will leap over the wall.
31 As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Jehovah is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
God, his way is immaculate; the eloquence of the Lord is an exacting fire. He is the shield of all who hope in him.
32 For who is God, except Jehovah? And who is a rock, except our God?
Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God?
33 God is my strong fortress, and he guides the perfect in his way.
God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:
34 He makes his feet like hinds' feet, and sets me upon my high places.
making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places,
35 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.
36 Thou have also given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy gentleness has made me great.
You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.
37 Thou have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.
38 I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them, neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.
39 And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise. Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet.
40 For thou have girded me with strength to the battle. Thou have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.
41 Thou have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me; they have hatred for me, and I shall destroy them.
42 They looked, but there was none to save; even to Jehovah, but he did not answer them.
They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them.
43 Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth. I will break them apart and crush them, like the mud of the streets.
44 Thou have also delivered me from the strivings of my people. Thou have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
You will save me from the contradictions of my people. You will preserve me to be the head of the Gentiles; a people I do not know shall serve me.
45 The foreigners shall submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.
The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.
46 The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their hiding places.
The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.
47 Jehovah lives. And blessed be my rock. And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.
48 Even the God who executes vengeance for me, and who brings down peoples under me,
God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.
49 and who brings me forth from my enemies. Yea, thou lift me up above those who rise up against me. Thou deliver me from the violent man.
He leads me away from my enemies, and he lifts me up from those who resist me. You will free me from the iniquitous man.
50 Therefore I will give thanks to thee, O Jehovah, among gentiles, and will sing praises to thy name.
Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name:
51 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.”
