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 canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of 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 saviour.
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; you shall save me from the unjust man.
God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver 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 on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall 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 surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.
The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented 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 shall come into his ears.
In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to his ears.
8 And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was angry with them.
The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and 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.
A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.
10 And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
11 And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.
And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and 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 made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.
13 At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled.
14 The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
The Lord shall thunder from heaven: and the most high shall give forth his voice.
15 And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
He shot arrows and scattered them: lightning, and 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 overflowings of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the spirit of his wrath.
17 He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.
He sent from on high, and took me, and 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 delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19 The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
He prevented me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my stay.
20 And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased 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 according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.
22 Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgements and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
For all his judgments are in my sight: and his precepts I have not removed 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 shall keep myself from my 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 you will be holy, and with the perfect man you will be perfect,
With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.
27 and with the excellent you will be excellent, and with the froward you will be froward.
With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
28 And you will save the poor people, and will bring down the eyes of the haughty.
And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eyes thou wilt humble the haughty.
29 For you, Lord, [are] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.
30 For by you shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
For in thee 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 word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all that trust in him.
32 Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God?
33 [It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
God who hath girded me with strength, and 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 harts, and setting me upon my high places.
35 He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
He teacheth my bands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.
36 And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me,
Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.
37 so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
Thou shalt enlarge my steps under me: and my ankles shall 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 after my enemies, and crush them: and will not return again till 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 in pieces, so that they shall not rise: they shall fall under my feet.
40 And you shall strengthen me with power for the war; you shall cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.
41 And you have caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and you have slain them.
My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated 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 shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.
43 And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets.
44 And you shall deliver me from the striving of the peoples, you shall keep me [to be] the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.
Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know not, shall serve me,
45 The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they listened to me as soon as they heard.
The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.
46 The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses.
47 The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
The Lord liveth, 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 who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me,
49 and bringing me out from my enemies: and you shall set me on high from amongst those that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the violent man.
Who bringest me forth from my enemies, and liftest me up from them that resist me: from the wicked man thou shalt deliver me.
50 Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, amongst the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
Therefore will I give thanks to thee. O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.
51 He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
Giving great salvation to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for ever.
