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 he spoke David to Yahweh [the] words of the song this on [the] day [when] he delivered Yahweh him from [the] hand of all enemies his 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 Yahweh [is] rock my and stronghold my and deliverer my to me.
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!
O God of rock my [whom] I take refuge in him shield my and [the] horn of salvation my refuge my and place of escape my O deliverer my from violence you deliver me.
4 I call on YHWH, [who is worthy] to be praised: And I am saved from my enemies.
[the one] to be praised I called out to Yahweh and from enemies my I am delivered.
5 When the breakers of death surrounded me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
For they surrounded me [the] breakers of death torrents of worthlessness they overwhelmed me.
[the] cords of Sheol they surrounded me they confronted me [the] snares of death. (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 it was distress to me I called out to Yahweh and to God my I called out and he heard from temple his voice my and cry for help my [was] in ears his.
8 And the earth shakes and trembles, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He has wrath!
(And it shook back and forth *Q(K)*) and it quaked the earth [the] foundations of the heavens they trembled and they shook back and forth for it burned to him.
9 Smoke has gone up by His nostrils, And fire devours from His mouth; Brands have been kindled by it.
It went up smoke in nose his and fire from mouth his it consumed coals they burned from him.
10 And He inclines the heavens and comes down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
And he bowed [the] heavens and he came down and thick darkness [was] under feet his.
11 And He rides on a cherub and flies, And is seen on the wings of the wind.
And he rode on a cherub and he flew and he appeared on [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 put darkness around him shelters a sieve of waters dark clouds of clouds.
13 From the brightness before Him Brands of fire were kindled!
From [the] brightness before him they burned coals of fire.
14 YHWH thunders from the heavens, And the Most High gives forth His voice.
He thundered from heaven Yahweh and [the] Most High he gave voice his.
15 And He sends forth arrows, and scatters them; Lightning, and troubles them;
And he sent arrows and he scattered them [with] lightning (and he routed [them]. *Q(K)*)
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 they appeared [the] channels of [the] sea they were uncovered [the] foundations of [the] world at [the] rebuke of Yahweh from [the] breathing of [the] breath of nose his.
17 He sends from above—He takes me, He draws me out of many waters.
He stretched out from a high place he took hold of me he drew me from waters many.
18 He delivers me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than me.
He rescued me from enemy my mighty from [those who] hate me for they were [too] strong for me.
19 They are before me in a day of my calamity, And YHWH is my support,
They confronted me in [the] day of calamity my and he was Yahweh a support of me.
20 And He brings me out to a large place, He draws me out for He delighted in me.
And he brought out to roomy place me he rescued me for he delighted in me.
21 YHWH repays me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He returns to me.
He dealt with me Yahweh according to righteousness my according to [the] cleanness of hands my he repaid to 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 Yahweh and not I have acted wickedly from God my.
23 For all His judgments [are] before me, As for His statutes, I do not turn from them.
For all (judgments his *Q(K)*) [are] to before me and statutes his not I turn aside from it.
24 And I am perfect before Him, And I keep myself from my iniquity.
And I was blameless to him and I kept myself! from iniquity my.
25 And YHWH returns to me, According to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.
And he repaid Yahweh to me according to righteousness my according to cleanness my to before eyes his.
26 With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the perfect man You show Yourself perfect,
With a faithful [person] you show yourself faithful with a mighty [man] blameless you show yourself blameless.
27 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverse You show Yourself a wrestler.
With [one who] purifies himself you show yourself pure and with a perverse [person] you show yourself twisted.
28 And You save the poor people, But Your eyes on the high cause [them] to fall.
And a people afflicted you save and eyes your [are] on haughty [people] you bring [them] low.
29 For You [are] my lamp, O YHWH, And YHWH lightens my darkness.
For you [are] lamp my O Yahweh and Yahweh he lightens darkness my.
30 For by You I run [against] a troop, By my God I leap a wall.
For by you I run a marauding band by God my 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.
God [is] blameless way his [the] word of Yahweh [is] refined [is] a shield he for all those [who] seek refuge in him.
32 For who is God except YHWH? And who [is the] Rock except our God?
For who? [is] God except Yahweh and who? [is] a rock except God our.
33 God—my bulwark, [my] strength, And He makes my way perfect;
God [is] place of refuge my strength and he set free a blameless [person] (way my. *Q(K)*)
34 Making my feet like does, And causes me to stand on my high places,
[he is] making (Feet my *Q(K)*) like does and on high places my he makes stand firm me.
35 Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms,
[he has] trained Hands my for battle and it will stretch a bow of bronze arms my.
36 And You give the shield of Your salvation to me, And Your lowliness makes me great.
And you gave to me [the] shield of salvation your and answering your you make great me.
37 You enlarge my step under me, And my ankles have not slipped.
You enlarge step[s] my under me and not they slip ankles my.
38 I pursue my enemies and destroy them, And I do not turn until they are consumed.
Let me pursue enemies my and I destroyed them and not I returned until brought to an end them.
39 And I consume them, and strike them, And they do not rise, and fall under my feet.
And I brought to an end them and I shattered them and not they will rise! and they fell under feet my.
40 And You gird me [with] strength for battle, You cause my withstanders to bow under me.
And you have girded me strength for battle you make bow down [those who] rise against me under me.
41 And my enemies—You give to me the neck, Those hating me—and I cut them off.
And enemies my you have given to me a neck [those who] hate me and I destroyed them.
42 They look, and there is no savior; To YHWH, and He has not answered them.
They looked and there not [was] a deliverer to Yahweh and not he answered 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 beat fine them like [the] dust of [the] earth like [the] mud of [the] streets I pulverized them I beat out 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 you rescued me from [the] strifes of people my you kept me to [the] head of [the] nations a people [whom] not I knew they served me.
45 Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they listen to me.
Sons of foreignness they cringed to me to hear an ear they became obedient to me.
46 Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.
Sons of foreignness they withered and they may girdethemselves from strongholds their.
47 YHWH lives, and blessed [is] my Rock, And exalted is my God—The Rock of my salvation.
[is] living Yahweh and [be] blessed rock my and may he be exalted [the] God of [the] rock of salvation my.
48 God—who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing down peoples under me,
God [is] the [one who] gives vengeance to me and [is] bringing down 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.
And [is] bringing out me from enemies my and from [those who] rise against me you lift up me from a man of violence you rescue me.
50 Therefore I confess You, O YHWH, among nations, And I sing praise to Your Name.
There-fore I will give thanks you O Yahweh among the nations and to name your I will sing praise.
51 Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed—for all time!”
([the] tower *Q(K)*) Of [the] salvation of king his and [who] does covenant loyalty to anointed his to David and to offspring his until perpetuity.
