Kings II 22
1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued 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 the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.
3 my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: [he is] my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; thou shalt save me from the unjust man.
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, and 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 troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed 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 When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shalt come 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 And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was wroth with them.
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 in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.
10 And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.
11 And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and 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 his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.
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 The Lord thundered out of 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 forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.
16 And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger.
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 above and 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 enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
He freed me from my most powerful enemy and from those who had hated me. For they were too strong for me.
19 The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.
20 And he brought me into a wide place, and 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 And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart 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 judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.
24 And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.
25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-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 With the holy thou wilt be holy, and with the perfect man thou will be perfect,
With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.
27 and with the excellent thou wilt be excellent, and with the froward thou will be froward.
With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.
28 And thou wilt save the poor people, and wilt bring down the eyes of the haughty.
And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.
29 For thou, Lord, [art] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.
30 For by thee shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
For in you, I will run girded. In my God, I will leap over the wall.
31 As for the Mighty One, his way [is] blameless: the word of the Lord [is] strong [and] tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust 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 Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God?
33 [It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:
34 He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the 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, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.
36 And thou hast given me the shield of my salvation, and thy propitious dealing has increased me,
You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.
37 so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.
38 I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.
39 And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet.
40 And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.
41 And thou hast caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and thou hast slain them.
You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me; they have hatred for me, and I shall destroy them.
42 They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them.
43 And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of 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 And thou shalt deliver me from the striving of the peoples, thou shalt keep me [to be] the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served 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 strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they hearkened to me as soon as they heard.
The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.
46 The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.
47 The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.
48 The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.
49 and bringing me out from my enemies: and thou shalt set me on high from among those that rise up against me: thou shalt 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 will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing 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 magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.”
