2 Samuel 22
1 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.
| וַיְדַבֵּר דָּוִד לַיהֹוָה אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת בְּיוֹם הִצִּיל יְהֹוָה אֹתוֹ מִכַּף כׇּל־אֹיְבָיו וּמִכַּף שָׁאֽוּל׃ |
2 And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.
| וַיֹּאמַר יְהֹוָה סַֽלְעִי וּמְצֻדָתִי וּמְפַלְטִי־לִֽי׃ |
3 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.
| אֱלֹהֵי צוּרִי אֶחֱסֶה־בּוֹ מָגִנִּי וְקֶרֶן יִשְׁעִי מִשְׂגַּבִּי וּמְנוּסִי מֹשִׁעִי מֵחָמָס תֹּשִׁעֵֽנִי׃ |
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies.
| מְהֻלָּל אֶקְרָא יְהֹוָה וּמֵאֹיְבַי אִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃ |
5 For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me.
| כִּי אֲפָפֻנִי מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָוֶת נַחֲלֵי בְלִיַּעַל יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃ |
| חֶבְלֵי שְׁאוֹל סַבֻּנִי קִדְּמֻנִי מֹקְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃ (Sheol h7585) |
7 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.
| בַּצַּר־לִי אֶקְרָא יְהֹוָה וְאֶל־אֱלֹהַי אֶקְרָא וַיִּשְׁמַע מֵהֵֽיכָלוֹ קוֹלִי וְשַׁוְעָתִי בְּאׇזְנָֽיו׃ |
8 The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them.
| (ותגעש) [וַיִּתְגָּעַשׁ] וַתִּרְעַשׁ הָאָרֶץ מוֹסְדוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם יִרְגָּזוּ וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁוּ כִּי־חָרָה לֽוֹ׃ |
9 Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.
| עָלָה עָשָׁן בְּאַפּוֹ וְאֵשׁ מִפִּיו תֹּאכֵל גֶּחָלִים בָּעֲרוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ |
10 He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.
| וַיֵּט שָׁמַיִם וַיֵּרַד וַעֲרָפֶל תַּחַת רַגְלָֽיו׃ |
11 And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid upon the wings of the wind.
| וַיִּרְכַּב עַל־כְּרוּב וַיָּעֹף וַיֵּרָא עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רֽוּחַ׃ |
12 He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.
| וַיָּשֶׁת חֹשֶׁךְ סְבִיבֹתָיו סֻכּוֹת חַֽשְׁרַת־מַיִם עָבֵי שְׁחָקִֽים׃ |
13 By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled.
| מִנֹּגַהּ נֶגְדּוֹ בָּעֲרוּ גַּחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃ |
14 The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice.
| יַרְעֵם מִן־שָׁמַיִם יְהֹוָה וְעֶלְיוֹן יִתֵּן קוֹלֽוֹ׃ |
15 He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.
| וַיִּשְׁלַח חִצִּים וַיְפִיצֵם בָּרָק (ויהמם) [וַיָּהֹֽם]׃ |
16 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.
| וַיֵּֽרָאוּ אֲפִקֵי יָם יִגָּלוּ מֹסְדוֹת תֵּבֵל בְּגַעֲרַת יְהֹוָה מִנִּשְׁמַת רוּחַ אַפּֽוֹ׃ |
17 He sent from on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters.
| יִשְׁלַח מִמָּרוֹם יִקָּחֵנִי יַֽמְשֵׁנִי מִמַּיִם רַבִּֽים׃ |
18 He freed me from my most powerful enemy and from those who had hated me. For they were too strong for me.
| יַצִּילֵנִי מֵאֹיְבִי עָז מִשֹּׂנְאַי כִּי אָמְצוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ |
19 He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.
| יְקַדְּמֻנִי בְּיוֹם אֵידִי וַיְהִי יְהֹוָה מִשְׁעָן לִֽי׃ |
20 And he led me out to a wide-open place. He freed me, because I was pleasing to him.
| וַיֹּצֵא לַמֶּרְחָב אֹתִי יְחַלְּצֵנִי כִּי־חָפֵֽץ בִּֽי׃ |
21 The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.
| יִגְמְלֵנִי יְהֹוָה כְּצִדְקָתִי כְּבֹר יָדַי יָשִׁיב לִֽי׃ |
22 For I have kept to the ways of the Lord, and I have not acted impiously before my God.
| כִּי שָׁמַרְתִּי דַּרְכֵי יְהֹוָה וְלֹא רָשַׁעְתִּי מֵאֱלֹהָֽי׃ |
23 For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.
| כִּי כׇל־מִשְׁפָּטָו לְנֶגְדִּי וְחֻקֹּתָיו לֹא־אָסוּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ |
24 And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.
| וָאֶהְיֶה תָמִים לוֹ וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָה מֵעֲוֺנִֽי׃ |
25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice, and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.
| וַיָּשֶׁב יְהֹוָה לִי כְּצִדְקָתִי כְּבֹרִי לְנֶגֶד עֵינָֽיו׃ |
26 With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.
| עִם־חָסִיד תִּתְחַסָּד עִם־גִּבּוֹר תָּמִים תִּתַּמָּֽם׃ |
27 With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.
| עִם־נָבָר תִּתָּבָר וְעִם־עִקֵּשׁ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃ |
28 And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.
| וְאֶת־עַם עָנִי תּוֹשִׁיעַ וְעֵינֶיךָ עַל־רָמִים תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃ |
29 For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.
| כִּֽי־אַתָּה נֵירִי יְהֹוָה וַיהֹוָה יַגִּיהַּ חׇשְׁכִּֽי׃ |
30 For in you, I will run girded. In my God, I will leap over the wall.
| כִּי בְכָה אָרוּץ גְּדוּד בֵּאלֹהַי אֲדַלֶּג־שֽׁוּר׃ |
31 God, his way is immaculate; the eloquence of the Lord is an exacting fire. He is the shield of all who hope in him.
| הָאֵל תָּמִים דַּרְכּוֹ אִמְרַת יְהֹוָה צְרוּפָה מָגֵן הוּא לְכֹל הַֽחֹסִים בּֽוֹ׃ |
32 Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God?
| כִּי מִי־אֵל מִבַּלְעֲדֵי יְהֹוָה וּמִי צוּר מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵי אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ |
33 God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:
| הָאֵל מָֽעוּזִּי חָיִל וַיַּתֵּר תָּמִים (דרכו) [דַּרְכִּֽי]׃ |
34 making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places,
| מְשַׁוֶּה (רגליו) [רַגְלַי] כָּאַיָּלוֹת וְעַל בָּמֹתַי יַעֲמִדֵֽנִי׃ |
35 teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.
| מְלַמֵּד יָדַי לַמִּלְחָמָה וְנִחַת קֶשֶׁת־נְחוּשָׁה זְרֹעֹתָֽי׃ |
36 You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.
| וַתִּתֶּן־לִי מָגֵן יִשְׁעֶךָ וַעֲנֹתְךָ תַּרְבֵּֽנִי׃ |
37 You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.
| תַּרְחִיב צַעֲדִי תַּחְתֵּנִי וְלֹא מָעֲדוּ קַרְסֻלָּֽי׃ |
38 I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.
| אֶרְדְּפָה אֹיְבַי וָאַשְׁמִידֵם וְלֹא אָשׁוּב עַד־כַּלּוֹתָֽם׃ |
39 I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet.
| וָאֲכַלֵּם וָאֶמְחָצֵם וְלֹא יְקוּמוּן וַֽיִּפְּלוּ תַּחַת רַגְלָֽי׃ |
40 You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.
| וַתַּזְרֵנִי חַיִל לַמִּלְחָמָה תַּכְרִיעַ קָמַי תַּחְתֵּֽנִי׃ |
41 You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me; they have hatred for me, and I shall destroy them.
| וְאֹיְבַי תַּתָּה לִּי עֹרֶף מְשַׂנְאַי וָאַצְמִיתֵֽם׃ |
42 They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them.
| יִשְׁעוּ וְאֵין מֹשִׁיעַ אֶל־יְהֹוָה וְלֹא עָנָֽם׃ |
43 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.
| וְאֶשְׁחָקֵם כַּעֲפַר־אָרֶץ כְּטִיט־חוּצוֹת אֲדִקֵּם אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃ |
44 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.
| וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵנִי מֵרִיבֵי עַמִּי תִּשְׁמְרֵנִי לְרֹאשׁ גּוֹיִם עַם לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי יַעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ |
45 The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.
| בְּנֵי נֵכָר יִתְכַּחֲשׁוּ־לִי לִשְׁמוֹעַ אֹזֶן יִשָּׁמְעוּ לִֽי׃ |
46 The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.
| בְּנֵי נֵכָר יִבֹּלוּ וְיַחְגְּרוּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָֽם׃ |
47 The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.
| חַי־יְהֹוָה וּבָרוּךְ צוּרִי וְיָרֻם אֱלֹהֵי צוּר יִשְׁעִֽי׃ |
48 God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.
| הָאֵל הַנֹּתֵן נְקָמֹת לִי וּמֹרִיד עַמִּים תַּחְתֵּֽנִי׃ |
49 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.
| וּמוֹצִיאִי מֵאֹֽיְבָי וּמִקָּמַי תְּרוֹמְמֵנִי מֵאִישׁ חֲמָסִים תַּצִּילֵֽנִי׃ |
50 Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name:
| עַל־כֵּן אֽוֹדְךָ יְהֹוָה בַּגּוֹיִם וּלְשִׁמְךָ אֲזַמֵּֽר׃ |
51 magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.”
| (מגדיל) [מִגְדּוֹל] יְשׁוּעוֹת מַלְכּוֹ וְעֹֽשֶׂה־חֶסֶד לִמְשִׁיחוֹ לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ |
