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 Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
2 and he says: “YHWH [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
And he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
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!
God is my rock, in him will I trust — My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge, My saviour: thou wilt save me from violence.
4 I call on YHWH, [who is worthy] to be praised: And I am saved from my enemies.
I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised; So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5 When the breakers of death surrounded me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.
The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered 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 distress I called upon Jehovah, And I cried to my God; And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears.
8 And the earth shakes and trembles, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He has wrath!
Then the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth.
9 Smoke has gone up by His nostrils, And fire devours from His mouth; Brands have been kindled by it.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals burned forth from it.
10 And He inclines the heavens and comes down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.
11 And He rides on a cherub and flies, And is seen on 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 sets darkness around Him [for His] dwelling places, Darkness of waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.
And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13 From the brightness before Him Brands of fire were kindled!
From the brightness before him Burned forth coals of fire.
14 YHWH thunders from the heavens, And the Most High gives forth His voice.
Jehovah thundered from the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice.
15 And He sends forth arrows, and scatters them; Lightning, and troubles them;
And he sent arrows, and scattered [mine enemies]; Lightning, and discomfited 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 beds of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered At the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He sends from above—He takes me, He draws me out of many waters.
He reached forth from above, he took me, He drew me out of great waters;
18 He delivers me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than me.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; For they were mightier than I.
19 They are before me in a day of my calamity, And YHWH is my support,
They encountered me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
20 And He brings me out to a large place, He draws me out for He delighted in me.
And he brought me forth into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 YHWH repays me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He returns to me.
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22 For I have kept the ways of YHWH, And have not done wickedly against my God.
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all His judgments [are] before me, As for His statutes, I do not turn from them.
For all his ordinances were before me, And his statutes, I did not depart from them,
24 And I am perfect before Him, And I keep myself from my iniquity.
And I was upright before him, And kept myself from mine iniquity.
25 And YHWH returns to me, According to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.
And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his sight.
26 With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the perfect man You show Yourself perfect,
With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; With the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;
27 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverse You show Yourself a wrestler.
With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; And with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
28 And You save the poor people, But Your eyes on the high cause [them] to fall.
And the afflicted people thou dost save; And thine eyes are upon the haughty, [whom] thou bringest down.
29 For You [are] my lamp, O YHWH, And YHWH lightens my darkness.
For thou art my lamp, Jehovah; And Jehovah enlighteneth my darkness.
30 For by You I run [against] a troop, By my God I leap a wall.
For by thee I have run through a troop; By my God have I leaped over a wall.
31 God—His way [is] perfect, The saying of YHWH is tried, He [is] a shield to all those trusting in Him.
As for God, his way is perfect; The word of Jehovah is tried: He is a shield to all that trust in him.
32 For who is God except YHWH? And who [is the] Rock except our God?
For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?
33 God—my bulwark, [my] strength, And He makes my way perfect;
God is my strong fortress, And he maketh my way perfectly smooth.
34 Making my feet like does, And causes me to stand on my high places,
He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], And setteth me upon my high places.
35 Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms,
He teacheth my hands to war, And mine arms bend a bow of brass.
36 And You give the shield of Your salvation to me, And Your lowliness makes me great.
And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, And thy condescending gentleness hath made me great.
37 You enlarge my step under me, And my ankles have not slipped.
Thou enlargedst my steps under me; And mine ankles did not slip.
38 I pursue my enemies and destroy them, And I do not turn until they are consumed.
I pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them, And I turned not again till they were consumed.
39 And I consume them, and strike them, And they do not rise, and fall under my feet.
And I have consumed them and have crushed them, and they rose not again; Yea, they fell under my feet.
40 And You gird me [with] strength for battle, You cause my withstanders to bow under me.
And thou girdedst me with strength to battle: Thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.
41 And my enemies—You give to me the neck, Those hating me—and I cut them off.
And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, And those that hated me I destroyed.
42 They look, and there is no savior; To YHWH, and He has not answered them.
They looked, and there was none to save — Unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.
43 And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small—I spread them out!
And I did beat them small as the dust of the earth, I trod them as the mire of the streets; I stamped upon them.
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.
And thou hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, Thou hast kept me to be head of the nations: A people I knew not doth serve me:
45 Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they listen to me.
Strangers come cringing unto me: At the hearing of the ear, they obey me.
46 Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.
Strangers have faded away, And they come trembling forth from their close places.
47 YHWH lives, and blessed [is] my Rock, And exalted is my God—The Rock of my salvation.
Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God, the rock of my salvation,
48 God—who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing down peoples under me,
The God who hath avenged me, And hath brought 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 brought me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; From the man of violence hast thou delivered me.
50 Therefore I confess You, O YHWH, among nations, And I sing praise to Your Name.
Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing psalms to thy name.
51 Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed—for all time!”
[It is he] who giveth great deliverances to his king, And sheweth loving-kindness to his anointed, To David, and to his seed for evermore.
