2 Samuel 22
1 And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered 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 he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.
3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, 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 on 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 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
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 on the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter 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 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
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 out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.
11 And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen 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 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.
13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled.
14 The LORD thundered from 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 out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.
16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking 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 sent from above, he 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 enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong 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 prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.
20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered 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 rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
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 judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.
24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.
And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.
25 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness 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 merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright.
With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.
27 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself unsavory.
With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.
28 And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down.
And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.
29 For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.
30 For by you I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over 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 tried: he is a buckler to all them that 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 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God?
33 God is my strength and power: and he makes my way perfect.
God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:
34 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet: and sets me on my 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; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.
36 You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your gentleness has made me great.
You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.
37 You have enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.
38 I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yes, they are 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 For you have girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me have you subdued under me.
You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.
41 You have also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy them that hate 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 none to save; even to the LORD, but he answered them not.
They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them.
43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
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 also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not 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 Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me.
The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.
47 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.
48 It is God that avenges me, and that brings down the people under me.
God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.
49 And that brings me forth from my enemies: you also have lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: you have delivered 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 I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the heathen, and 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 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more.
magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.”
