2 Samuel 22
1 And David speaks the words of this song to YHWH in the day YHWH has delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,
And David spoke to the Lord the words of this verse, in the day that the Lord freed him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
2 and he says: “YHWH [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.
3 My God [is] my rock—I take refuge in Him; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge! My Savior, You save me from violence!
I will hope in him. God is my strong one, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. He lifts me up, and he is my refreshment. You, O my Savior, will free me from iniquity.
4 I call on YHWH, [who is worthy] to be praised: And I am saved from my enemies.
I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies.
5 When the breakers of death surrounded me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me.
The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me. (Sheol h7585)
7 In my adversity I call on YHWH, And I call to my God, And He hears my voice from His temple, And my cry [is] in His ears,
In my tribulation, I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry out to my God. And he will heed my voice from his temple, and my outcry will reach his ears.
8 And the earth shakes and trembles, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He has wrath!
The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them.
9 Smoke has gone up by His nostrils, And fire devours from His mouth; Brands have been kindled by it.
Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.
10 And He inclines the heavens and comes down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.
11 And He rides on a cherub and flies, And is seen on the wings of the wind.
And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid upon the wings of the wind.
12 And He sets darkness around Him [for His] dwelling places, Darkness of waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.
He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.
13 From the brightness before Him Brands of fire were kindled!
By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled.
14 YHWH thunders from the heavens, And the Most High gives forth His voice.
The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice.
15 And He sends forth arrows, and scatters them; Lightning, and troubles them;
He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.
16 And the streams of the sea are seen, [The] foundations of the world are revealed, By the rebuke of YHWH, From the breath of the spirit of His anger.
And the overflow of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the globe were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the exhale of the breath of his fury.
17 He sends from above—He takes me, He draws me out of many waters.
He sent from on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters.
18 He delivers me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than me.
He freed me from my most powerful enemy and from those who had hated me. For they were too strong for me.
19 They are before me in a day of my calamity, And YHWH is my support,
He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.
20 And He brings me out to a large place, He draws me out for He delighted in me.
And he led me out to a wide-open place. He freed me, because I was pleasing to him.
21 YHWH repays me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He returns to me.
The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 For I have kept the ways of YHWH, And have not done wickedly against my God.
For I have kept to the ways of the Lord, and I have not acted impiously before my God.
23 For all His judgments [are] before me, As for His statutes, I do not turn from them.
For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.
24 And I am perfect before Him, And I keep myself from my iniquity.
And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.
25 And YHWH returns to me, According to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.
And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice, and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.
26 With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the perfect man You show Yourself perfect,
With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.
27 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverse You show Yourself a wrestler.
With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.
28 And You save the poor people, But Your eyes on the high cause [them] to fall.
And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.
29 For You [are] my lamp, O YHWH, And YHWH lightens my darkness.
For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.
30 For by You I run [against] a troop, By my God I leap a wall.
For in you, I will run girded. In my God, I will leap over the wall.
31 God—His way [is] perfect, The saying of YHWH is tried, He [is] a shield to all those trusting in Him.
God, his way is immaculate; the eloquence of the Lord is an exacting fire. He is the shield of all who hope in him.
32 For who is God except YHWH? And who [is the] Rock except our God?
Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God?
33 God—my bulwark, [my] strength, And He makes my way perfect;
God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:
34 Making my feet like does, And causes me to stand on my high places,
making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places,
35 Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms,
teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.
36 And You give the shield of Your salvation to me, And Your lowliness makes me great.
You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.
37 You enlarge my step under me, And my ankles have not slipped.
You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.
38 I pursue my enemies and destroy them, And I do not turn until they are consumed.
I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.
39 And I consume them, and strike them, And they do not rise, and fall under my feet.
I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet.
40 And You gird me [with] strength for battle, You cause my withstanders to bow under me.
You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.
41 And my enemies—You give to me the neck, Those hating me—and I cut them off.
You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me; they have hatred for me, and I shall destroy them.
42 They look, and there is no savior; To YHWH, and He has not answered them.
They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them.
43 And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small—I spread them out!
I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth. I will break them apart and crush them, like the mud of the streets.
44 And You deliver me From the strivings of my people, You place me for a head of nations; A people I have not known serve me.
You will save me from the contradictions of my people. You will preserve me to be the head of the Gentiles; a people I do not know shall serve me.
45 Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they listen to me.
The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.
46 Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.
The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.
47 YHWH lives, and blessed [is] my Rock, And exalted is my God—The Rock of my salvation.
The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.
48 God—who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing down peoples under me,
God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.
49 And bringing me forth from my enemies, Indeed, You raise me up above my withstanders. You deliver me from a man of violence.
He leads me away from my enemies, and he lifts me up from those who resist me. You will free me from the iniquitous man.
50 Therefore I confess You, O YHWH, among nations, And I sing praise to Your Name.
Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name:
51 Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed—for all time!”
magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.”
