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.
David sang to Yahweh the words of this song on the day that Yahweh rescued 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,
He prayed, “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, the one who rescues me.
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 is my rock. I take refuge in him. He is my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, and my refuge, the one who saves 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 Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, and I will be saved from my enemies.
5 For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
For the waves of death surrounded me, the rushing waters of destruction overwhelmed me.
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death trapped 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 to Yahweh; I called to my God; he heard my voice from his temple, and my call for help went 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 the heavens trembled and were shaken, because God was angry.
9 There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
Smoke went up from out of his nostrils, and blazing fire came out of his mouth. Coals were ignited by it.
10 And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
He opened 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.
He rode on a cherub and flew. He was seen on 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.
He made darkness a tent around him, gathering heavy rain clouds in the skies.
13 At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
From the lightning before him coals of fire fell.
14 The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
Yahweh thundered from the heavens. The Most High shouted.
15 And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
He shot arrows and scattered his enemies— lightning bolts and dispersed 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.
Then the channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of Yahweh, 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 reached down from above; he took hold of me! He pulled me out of the surging water.
18 He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
19 The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
They came against me on the day of my distress, but Yahweh was my support.
20 And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
He also brought me out to a wide open place. He saved me because he was pleased with me.
21 And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
Yahweh has rewarded me to the measure of my righteousness; he has restored me to the measure of the cleanness of my hands.
22 Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
For I have kept the ways of Yahweh and have not acted wickedly by turning from my God.
23 For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
For all his righteous decrees have been before me; as for his statutes, I have not turned away from them.
24 And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
I have also been innocent before him, and I have kept myself from sin.
25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.
Therefore Yahweh has restored me to the measure of my righteousness, to the degree of my cleanness in his sight.
26 With the holy you will be holy, and with the perfect man you will be perfect,
To one who is faithful, you show yourself to be faithful; to a man who is blameless, you show yourself to be blameless.
27 and with the excellent you will be excellent, and with the froward you will be froward.
With the pure you show yourself pure, but you are perverse to the twisted.
28 And you will save the poor people, and will bring down the eyes of the haughty.
You save afflicted people, but your eyes are against the proud, and you bring them down.
29 For you, Lord, [are] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh lights up 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 you I can run over a barricade; by my God I can 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 Yahweh is pure. He is a shield to everyone who takes refuge in him.
32 Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
For who is God except Yahweh, and who is a rock except our God?
33 [It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
God is my refuge, and he leads the blameless person on his path.
34 He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places.
He makes my feet swift like a deer and places me on the high hills.
35 He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
He trains my hands for war, and my arms to bend a bow of bronze.
36 And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me,
You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your favor has made me great.
37 so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
You have made a wide place for my feet beneath me, so my feet have not slipped.
38 I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
I pursued my enemies and destroyed them. I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
39 And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
I devoured them and smashed them; they cannot rise. They have 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.
You put strength on me like a belt for battle; you put under me those who rise up against me.
41 And you have caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and you have slain them.
You gave me the back of my enemies' necks; I annihilated those who hated me.
42 They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
They cried for help, but no one saved them; they cried out to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.
43 And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
I beat them into fine pieces like dust on the ground, I pulverized them like mud in the streets.
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.
You also have rescued me from the disputes of my own people. You have kept me as the head of nations. A people that I have not known serves me.
45 The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they listened to me as soon as they heard.
Foreigners were forced to bow to me. As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46 The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
The foreigners came trembling out of their strongholds.
47 The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
Yahweh lives! May my rock be praised. May God be exalted, the rock of my salvation.
48 The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
This is the God who executes vengeance for me, the one who brings down peoples 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.
He sets me free from my enemies. Indeed, you lifted me up above those who rose up against me. You rescue me from violent men.
50 Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations; I will sing praises to your name.
51 He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
God gives great victory to his king, and he shows his covenant loyalty to his anointed one, to David and to his descendants forever.”
