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 spake unto YHWH the words of this song in the day that YHWH had 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, YHWH is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
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.
The Elohim 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.
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 YHWH, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5 For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of wicked men made me afraid;
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; 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 called upon YHWH, and cried to my Elohim: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into 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.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
9 There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: 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 also, 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 a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen 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.
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
13 At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
14 The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
YHWH thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited 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 channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of YHWH, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.
He sent from above, he took me; he 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 strong 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.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but YHWH was my stay.
20 And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
YHWH rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22 Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
For I have kept the ways of YHWH, and have not wickedly departed from my Elohim.
23 For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.
Therefore YHWH hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
26 With the holy you will be holy, and with the perfect man you will be perfect,
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
27 and with the excellent you will be excellent, and with the froward you will be froward.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
28 And you will save the poor people, and will bring down the eyes of the haughty.
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
29 For you, Lord, [are] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
For thou art my lamp, O YHWH: and YHWH will lighten my darkness.
30 For by you shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my Elohim have I leaped over a 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.
As for El, his way is perfect; the word of YHWH is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
32 Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
For who is El, save YHWH? and who is a rock, save our Elohim?
33 [It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
El is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
34 He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places.
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
35 He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
36 And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me,
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
37 so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
38 I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
39 And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen 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.
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
41 And you have caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and you have slain them.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
42 They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto YHWH, but he answered them not.
43 And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
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.
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 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.
45 The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they listened to me as soon as they heard.
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
46 The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
47 The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
YHWH liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the Elohim of the rock of my salvation.
48 The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
El who avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
49 and bringing me out from my enemies: and you shall set me on high from among those that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the violent man.
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.
50 Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O YHWH, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto 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.
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
