2 Samuel 22
1 And David spake unto 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:
David spoke to YHWH the words of this song in the day that YHWH delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
and he said, "YHWH is my Rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
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 saviour; thou savest 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 on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
I call on YHWH, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
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, 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 distress I called upon YHWH, 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 trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
He rode on a cherub, and flew; and he soared on the wings of the wind.
12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.
He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy around him thick clouds dark with water.
13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed on, with hailstones and coals of fire.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
YHWH thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
And he sent out arrows and scattered them, and he shot lightning bolts and routed 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.
Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of YHWH, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
He sent from on high and he took me. 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 delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
They came on me in the day of my calamity, but YHWH was my support.
20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered 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 rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
YHWH 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 YHWH, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments [were] before me: and [as for] his statutes, I did not depart from them.
For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
Therefore YHWH has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, [and] with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
With the faithful you show yourself faithful. With the innocent you show yourself innocent.
27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
With the pure you show yourself pure. And with the crooked you show yourself tortuous.
28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes [are] upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down.
You save a humble people, but the eyes of the proud you will bring low.
29 For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
For you light my lamp. YHWH my God lights up my darkness.
30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over 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] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him.
As for God, his way is perfect. The word of YHWH is pure. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
32 For who [is] God, save the LORD? and who [is] a rock, save our God?
For who is God, besides YHWH? Who is a rock, besides our God,
33 God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect.
the God who girds me with strength, and makes my way blameless?
34 He maketh my feet like hinds’ [feet: ] and setteth me upon my high places.
He makes my feet like those of a deer, and sets me on my high places.
35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped.
38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are 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 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
For you have equipped me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate 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] none to save; [even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
They cry out, but there was none to save; even to YHWH, but he did not answer 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.
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 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a people [which] I knew not 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 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
As soon as they hear of me they obey me. Foreigners come cringing to me;
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
they are not bound in chains.
47 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
YHWH lives. Blessed be my rock. Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
48 It [is] God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me,
49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
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 give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
Therefore I will praise you, YHWH, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
51 [He is] the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his descendants, until forever."
