2 Samuel 22
1 And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from 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 He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.
3 My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You 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 the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I 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 engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
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 the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached 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 quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
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 Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.
10 He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.
11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid upon the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.
13 From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice.
15 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.
16 The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, 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 reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
He sent from on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters.
18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes 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 confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.
20 He brought me out into the open; He rescued 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 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
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 the LORD 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 are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.
24 And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.
25 So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
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 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.
27 to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.
28 You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.
29 For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.
30 For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale 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 the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all 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 besides the LORD? And who is the 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 makes my way clear.
God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:
34 He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places,
35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.
36 You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.
37 You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.
38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.
39 I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have 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 You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.
41 You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated 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 no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them.
43 I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
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 You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had 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 Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.
46 Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.
47 The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.
48 the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.
49 who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
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 praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name:
51 Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.”
