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:
| וידבר דוד ליהוה את דברי השירה הזאת ביום הציל יהוה אתו מכף כל איביו ומכף שאול׃ |
2 And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
| ויאמר יהוה סלעי ומצדתי ומפלטי לי׃ |
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.
| אלהי צורי אחסה בו מגני וקרן ישעי משגבי ומנוסי משעי מחמס תשעני׃ |
4 I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
| מהלל אקרא יהוה ומאיבי אושע׃ |
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
| כי אפפני משברי מות נחלי בליעל יבעתני׃ |
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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.
| בצר לי אקרא יהוה ואל אלהי אקרא וישמע מהיכלו קולי ושועתי באזניו׃ |
8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
| ותגעש ותרעש הארץ מוסדות השמים ירגזו ויתגעשו כי חרה לו׃ |
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
| עלה עשן באפו ואש מפיו תאכל גחלים בערו ממנו׃ |
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.
| ויט שמים וירד וערפל תחת רגליו׃ |
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
| וירכב על כרוב ויעף וירא על כנפי רוח׃ |
12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.
| וישת חשך סביבתיו סכות חשרת מים עבי שחקים׃ |
13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
| מנגה נגדו בערו גחלי אש׃ |
14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
| ירעם מן שמים יהוה ועליון יתן קולו׃ |
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
| וישלח חצים ויפיצם ברק ויהמם׃ |
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.
| ויראו אפקי ים יגלו מסדות תבל בגערת יהוה מנשמת רוח אפו׃ |
17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
| ישלח ממרום יקחני ימשני ממים רבים׃ |
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
| יצילני מאיבי עז משנאי כי אמצו ממני׃ |
19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
| יקדמני ביום אידי ויהי יהוה משען לי׃ |
20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
| ויצא למרחב אתי יחלצני כי חפץ בי׃ |
21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
| יגמלני יהוה כצדקתי כבר ידי ישיב לי׃ |
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
| כי שמרתי דרכי יהוה ולא רשעתי מאלהי׃ |
23 For all his judgments [were] before me: and [as for] his statutes, I did not depart from them.
| כי כל משפטו לנגדי וחקתיו לא אסור ממנה׃ |
24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
| ואהיה תמים לו ואשתמרה מעוני׃ |
25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
| וישב יהוה לי כצדקתי כברי לנגד עיניו׃ |
26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, [and] with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
| עם חסיד תתחסד עם גבור תמים תתמם׃ |
27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
| עם נבר תתבר ועם עקש תתפל׃ |
28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes [are] upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down.
| ואת עם עני תושיע ועיניך על רמים תשפיל׃ |
29 For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
| כי אתה נירי יהוה ויהוה יגיה חשכי׃ |
30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
| כי בכה ארוץ גדוד באלהי אדלג שור׃ |
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.
| האל תמים דרכו אמרת יהוה צרופה מגן הוא לכל החסים בו׃ |
32 For who [is] God, save the LORD? and who [is] a rock, save our God?
| כי מי אל מבלעדי יהוה ומי צור מבלעדי אלהינו׃ |
33 God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect.
| האל מעוזי חיל ויתר תמים דרכו׃ |
34 He maketh my feet like hinds’ [feet: ] and setteth me upon my high places.
| משוה רגליו כאילות ועל במותי יעמדני׃ |
35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
| מלמד ידי למלחמה ונחת קשת נחושה זרעתי׃ |
36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
| ותתן לי מגן ישעך וענתך תרבני׃ |
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
| תרחיב צעדי תחתני ולא מעדו קרסלי׃ |
38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
| ארדפה איבי ואשמידם ולא אשוב עד כלותם׃ |
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
| ואכלם ואמחצם ולא יקומון ויפלו תחת רגלי׃ |
40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
| ותזרני חיל למלחמה תכריע קמי תחתני׃ |
41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
| ואיבי תתה לי ערף משנאי ואצמיתם׃ |
42 They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
| ישעו ואין משיע אל יהוה ולא ענם׃ |
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.
| ואשחקם כעפר ארץ כטיט חוצות אדקם ארקעם׃ |
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.
| ותפלטני מריבי עמי תשמרני לראש גוים עם לא ידעתי יעבדני׃ |
45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
| בני נכר יתכחשו לי לשמוע אזן ישמעו לי׃ |
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
| בני נכר יבלו ויחגרו ממסגרותם׃ |
47 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
| חי יהוה וברוך צורי וירם אלהי צור ישעי׃ |
48 It [is] God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
| האל הנתן נקמת לי ומוריד עמים תחתני׃ |
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.
| ומוציאי מאיבי ומקמי תרוממני מאיש חמסים תצילני׃ |
50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
| על כן אודך יהוה בגוים ולשמך אזמר׃ |
51 [He is] the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
| מגדיל ישועות מלכו ועשה חסד למשיחו לדוד ולזרעו עד עולם׃ |
