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 spoke unto the Lord the words of this song, and on the day that the Lord 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, Lord, my rock, 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.
God, my rock, in whom I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour! from violence dost thou save me!
4 I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
Praised, I cried, be the Lord, and from my enemies was I saved.
5 For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
For the waves of death encompassed me, the floods of destruction made me afraid;
The bonds of hell encircled me, the snares of death seized on 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.
[When] in my distress I called upon the Lord, and to my God I cried; and he heard from his temple my voice, and my complaint [entered] 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 shook and trembled the earth; the foundations of the heavens were moved; and they 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.
Smoke went up in his anger, and consuming fire out of his mouth, coals flamed forth from him.
10 And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
And he bent the heavens, and came down, and thick 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 flew along, 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 round about him into pavilions, heavy masses of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13 At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
From the brightness before him flamed forth coals of fire.
14 The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered forth 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 then were seen the channels of the sea, there were laid open the foundations of the world; at the rebuke of the Lord, through the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.
He stretched out from above [his hand], he took me; he drew me out from the mighty 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 enemy, the strong, from those that hated me, when they were too mighty for me.
19 The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
They overcame me on the day of my calamity; but the Lord became my stay;
20 And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
And he brought me forth into a large space: he delivered me, because he had delight in me.
21 And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
22 Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
For I had kept the ways of the Lord, and had not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
For all his ordinances were before me, and from none of his statutes did I depart.
24 And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
I was also upright toward him, and I guarded myself against my 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 did the Lord recompense me according to my righteousness, according to my purity before his eyes.
26 With the holy you will be holy, and with the perfect man you will be perfect,
With the kind thou wilt show thyself kind; with the upright mighty man thou wilt show thyself upright.
27 and with the excellent you will be excellent, and with the froward you will be froward.
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt wage a contest.
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 thy 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 Lord! and the Lord will enlighten my darkness.
30 For by you shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
For [aided] by thee I run through a troop: [helped] by my God I leap 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 God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried; he is a shield to all that trust in him.
32 Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?
33 [It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
God is my strength and power; and he rendereth free from obstruction my way.
34 He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places.
He maketh my feet like those of the hinds, and upon my high places he causeth me to stand.
35 He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
He teaches my hands for the war, so that a brazen bow is bent by my arms.
36 And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me,
And thou gavest me the shield of thy salvation; and thy assistance hath made me great.
37 so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
Thou enlargest my steps under me, so that my joints do 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 pursue my enemies and destroy them; and I return not again until I have made an end of them.
39 And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
And I make an end of them, and I crush them, that they cannot rise; and they fall 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 for the war; thou subduest my opponents under me.
41 And you have caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and you have slain them.
And my enemies thou causest to turn their back to me; those that hate me, —that I may destroy them.
42 They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
They look about, but there is none to help; unto the Lord—but he answereth them not.
43 And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
And I beat them small as the dust of the earth; as the mire of the street, I stamp them, I tread them down.
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 hast also delivered me from the contests of my people: thou preservest me to be the head of nations, a people which I know not shall serve me.
45 The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they listened to me as soon as they heard.
The children of the stranger shall utter flattery unto me; as soon as their ear heareth they shall be obedient unto me.
46 The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
The children of the stranger shall fade away, and come forth tottering out of their close places.
47 The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
The Lord liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, the Rock of my salvation;
48 The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
The God, that granteth me vengeance, and bringeth down nations 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 my enemies: also above my opponents thou liftest me up, from the man of violence thou deliverest me.
50 Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the nations, and unto thy name will I sing praises;
51 He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
[To] the tower of salvation of his king, and who showeth kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed forever.
