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.
David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of 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 fortress, and my deliverer.
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.
My 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; from violent people he saves me.
4 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
5 For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
For the waves of death surrounded me, and the currents of ungodliness overwhelmed me.
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught 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 distress I called upon the LORD, and I cried out to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
9 Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
10 He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
He rode on a cherub, and flew; and he glided on the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy around him thick clouds dark with water.
13 From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed on, with hailstones and coals of fire.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
The LORD thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.
15 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
And he sent out arrows and scattered them, and he shot lightning bolts and routed 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.
Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
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. He drew me out of many waters.
18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19 They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
20 He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded 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 the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
24 And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
26 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
With the faithful you show yourself faithful. With the innocent you show yourself innocent.
27 to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
With the pure you show yourself pure. And with the crooked you show yourself tortuous.
28 You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
You save a humble people, but the eyes of the proud you will bring low.
29 For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
For you light my lamp. The LORD my God lights up my darkness.
30 For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
For by you, I run against a troop. By my God, I leap over a 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.
As for God, his way is perfect. The word of the LORD is pure. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
32 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
For who is God, besides the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,
33 God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.
the God who girds me with strength, and makes my way blameless?
34 He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
He makes my feet like those of a deer, and sets me on my high places.
35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
36 You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
You have also given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand holds me up, and your help has made me great.
37 You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped.
38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
39 I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
And I consumed them, and struck them through, so that they did not rise. And they fell beneath my feet.
40 You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
For you have equipped me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
41 You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
42 They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
They cry out, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
43 I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
Then I ground them as fine as the dust on the surface of a path. Like the mud in the streets, I trampled them.
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 also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.
45 Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
As soon as they hear of me they obey me. Foreigners come cringing to me;
46 Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
they are not bound in chains.
47 The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
The LORD lives. Blessed be my rock. Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
48 the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me,
49 who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You protect me from the violent man.
50 Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
51 Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his descendants, until forever."
