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,
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 he says: “YHWH [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
He prayed, “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, the one who rescues 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!
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 call on YHWH, [who is worthy] to be praised: And I am saved from my enemies.
I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, 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 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 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 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 shakes and trembles, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He has wrath!
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the heavens trembled and were shaken, because God was angry.
9 Smoke has gone up by His nostrils, And fire devours from His mouth; Brands have been kindled by 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 inclines the heavens and comes down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
He opened the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
11 And He rides on a cherub and flies, And is seen on the wings of the wind.
He rode on a cherub and flew. He was seen 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.
He made darkness a tent around him, gathering heavy rain clouds in the skies.
13 From the brightness before Him Brands of fire were kindled!
From the lightning before him coals of fire fell.
14 YHWH thunders from the heavens, And the Most High gives forth His voice.
Yahweh thundered from the heavens. The Most High shouted.
15 And He sends forth arrows, and scatters them; Lightning, and troubles them;
He shot arrows and scattered his enemies— lightning bolts and dispersed 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.
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 sends from above—He takes me, He draws 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 delivers me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than me.
He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who 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,
They came against me on the day of my distress, but Yahweh was my support.
20 And He brings me out to a large place, He draws me out for He delighted in me.
He also brought me out to a wide open place. He saved me because he was pleased with me.
21 YHWH repays me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He returns to 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 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 have not acted wickedly by turning from my God.
23 For all His judgments [are] before me, As for His statutes, I do not turn 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 am perfect before Him, And I keep myself from my iniquity.
I have also been innocent before him, and I have kept myself from sin.
25 And YHWH returns to me, According to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.
Therefore Yahweh has restored me to the measure of my righteousness, to the degree of my cleanness in his sight.
26 With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the perfect man You show Yourself 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 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverse You show Yourself a wrestler.
With the pure you show yourself pure, but you are perverse to the twisted.
28 And You save the poor people, But Your eyes on the high cause [them] to fall.
You save afflicted people, but your eyes are against the proud, and you bring them down.
29 For You [are] my lamp, O YHWH, And YHWH lightens my darkness.
For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh lights up my darkness.
30 For by You I run [against] a troop, By my God I leap a wall.
For by you I can run over a barricade; by my God I can 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 God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is pure. He is a shield to everyone who takes 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 our God?
33 God—my bulwark, [my] strength, And He makes my way perfect;
God is my refuge, and he leads the blameless person on his path.
34 Making my feet like does, And causes me to stand on my high places,
He makes my feet swift like a deer and places me on the high hills.
35 Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms,
He trains my hands for war, and my arms to bend a bow of bronze.
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 favor has made me great.
37 You enlarge my step under me, And my ankles have not slipped.
You have made a wide place for my feet beneath me, so my feet have not slipped.
38 I pursue my enemies and destroy them, And I do not turn until they are consumed.
I pursued my enemies and destroyed them. I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
39 And I consume them, and strike them, And they do not rise, and fall under my feet.
I devoured them and smashed them; they cannot rise. They have fallen under my feet.
40 And You gird me [with] strength for battle, You cause my withstanders to bow under me.
You put strength on me like a belt for battle; you put under me those who rise up against me.
41 And my enemies—You give to me the neck, Those hating me—and I cut them off.
You gave me the back of my enemies' necks; I annihilated those who hated me.
42 They look, and there is no savior; To YHWH, and He has not answered them.
They cried for help, but no one saved them; they cried out to Yahweh, but he did not answer 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 beat them into fine pieces like dust on the ground, I pulverized them like mud in 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 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 Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they listen to me.
Foreigners were forced to bow to me. As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46 Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.
The foreigners came trembling out of their strongholds.
47 YHWH lives, and blessed [is] my Rock, And exalted is my God—The Rock of my salvation.
Yahweh lives! May my rock be praised. May God be exalted, the rock of my salvation.
48 God—who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing down peoples under me,
This is the God who executes vengeance for me, the one who brings 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.
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 I confess You, O YHWH, among nations, And I sing praise to Your Name.
Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations; I will sing praises 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!”
God gives great victory to his king, and he shows his covenant loyalty to his anointed one, to David and to his descendants forever.”
