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 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.
2 and he says: “YHWH [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
And the song was thus: O Lord, 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!
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.
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 worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
5 When the breakers of death surrounded me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented 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,
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.
8 And the earth shakes and trembles, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He has wrath!
And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was angry with them.
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 in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at 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 [there was] darkness 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 the cherubs and did fly, and 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 his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.
13 From the brightness before Him Brands of fire were kindled!
At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
14 YHWH thunders from the heavens, And the Most High gives forth His voice.
The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
15 And He sends forth arrows, and scatters them; Lightning, and troubles them;
And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed 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 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.
17 He sends from above—He takes me, He draws me out of many waters.
He sent from above and took me; 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 delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
19 They are before me in a day of my calamity, And YHWH is my support,
The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord 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 into a wide place, and rescued 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.
And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
22 For I have kept the ways of YHWH, And have not done wickedly against my God.
Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
23 For all His judgments [are] before me, As for His statutes, I do not turn from them.
For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
24 And I am perfect before Him, And I keep myself from my iniquity.
And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my 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 righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.
26 With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the perfect man You show Yourself perfect,
With the holy you will be holy, and with the perfect man you will be perfect,
27 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverse You show Yourself a wrestler.
and with the excellent you will be excellent, and with the froward you will be froward.
28 And You save the poor people, But Your eyes on the high cause [them] to fall.
And you will save the poor people, and will bring down the eyes of the haughty.
29 For You [are] my lamp, O YHWH, And YHWH lightens my darkness.
For you, Lord, [are] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
30 For by You I run [against] a troop, By my God I leap a wall.
For by you shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap 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 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.
32 For who is God except YHWH? And who [is the] Rock except our God?
Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
33 God—my bulwark, [my] strength, And He makes my way perfect;
[It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
34 Making my feet like does, And causes me to stand on my high places,
He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places.
35 Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms,
He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
36 And You give the shield of Your salvation to me, And Your lowliness makes me great.
And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me,
37 You enlarge my step under me, And my ankles have not slipped.
so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
38 I pursue my enemies and destroy them, And I do not turn until they are consumed.
I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
39 And I consume them, and strike them, And they do not rise, and fall under my feet.
And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
40 And You gird me [with] strength for battle, You cause my withstanders to bow under me.
And you shall strengthen me with power for the war; you shall cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
41 And my enemies—You give to me the neck, Those hating me—and I cut them off.
And you have caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and you have slain them.
42 They look, and there is no savior; To YHWH, and He has not answered them.
They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
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 ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire 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.
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.
45 Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they listen to me.
The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they listened to me as soon as they heard.
46 Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.
The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
47 YHWH lives, and blessed [is] my Rock, And exalted is my God—The Rock of my salvation.
The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
48 God—who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing down peoples under me,
The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations 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.
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.
50 Therefore I confess You, O YHWH, among nations, And I sing praise to Your Name.
Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and 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!”
He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
