< 2 Samuel 22 >
1 and to speak: speak David to/for LORD [obj] word [the] song [the] this in/on/with day to rescue LORD [obj] him from palm all enemy his and from palm 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 to say LORD crag my and fortress my and to escape me to/for me
He prayed, “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, the one who rescues me.
3 God rock my to seek refuge in/on/with him shield my and horn salvation my high refuge my and refuge my to save me from violence to save me
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 to boast: praise to call: call to LORD and from enemy my to save
I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, and I will be saved from my enemies.
5 for to surround me wave death torrent: river Belial: destruction to terrify me
For the waves of death surrounded me, the rushing waters of destruction overwhelmed me.
6 cord hell: Sheol to turn: surround me to meet me snare death (Sheol )
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death trapped me. (Sheol )
7 in/on/with distress to/for me to call: call to LORD and to(wards) God my to call: call to and to hear: hear from temple his voice my and cry my in/on/with ear his
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 to shake *Q(K)*) and to shake [the] land: country/planet foundation [the] heaven to tremble and to shake for to be incensed to/for him
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the heavens trembled and were shaken, because God was angry.
9 to ascend: rise smoke in/on/with face: nose his and fire from lip his to eat coal to burn: burn from him
Smoke went up from out of his nostrils, and blazing fire came out of his mouth. Coals were ignited by it.
10 and to stretch heaven and to go down and cloud underneath: under foot his
He opened the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
11 and to ride upon cherub and to fly and to see: see upon wing spirit: breath
He rode on a cherub and flew. He was seen on the wings of the wind.
12 and to set: make darkness around him booth collection water cloud cloud
He made darkness a tent around him, gathering heavy rain clouds in the skies.
13 from brightness before him to burn: burn coal fire
From the lightning before him coals of fire fell.
14 to thunder from heaven LORD and Most High to give: cry out voice his
Yahweh thundered from the heavens. The Most High shouted.
15 and to send: depart arrow and to scatter them lightning (and to confuse *Q(K)*)
He shot arrows and scattered his enemies— lightning bolts and dispersed them.
16 and to see: see channel sea to reveal: uncover foundation world in/on/with rebuke LORD from breath spirit: breath face: nose his
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 to send: depart from height to take: take me to draw me from water many
He reached down from above; he took hold of me! He pulled me out of the surging water.
18 to rescue me from enemy my strong from to hate me for to strengthen from me
He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
19 to meet me in/on/with day calamity my and to be LORD support to/for me
They came against me on the day of my distress, but Yahweh was my support.
20 and to come out: send to/for broad [obj] me to rescue me for to delight in in/on/with me
He also brought me out to a wide open place. He saved me because he was pleased with me.
21 to wean me LORD like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to return: pay to/for 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 to keep: obey way: conduct LORD and not be wicked from God my
For I have kept the ways of Yahweh and have not acted wickedly by turning from my God.
23 for all (justice: judgement his *Q(K)*) to/for before me and statute his not to turn aside: turn aside from her
For all his righteous decrees have been before me; as for his statutes, I have not turned away from them.
24 and to be unblemished: blameless to/for him and to keep: guard [emph?] from iniquity: crime my
I have also been innocent before him, and I have kept myself from sin.
25 and to return: pay LORD to/for me like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness my to/for before eye his
Therefore Yahweh has restored me to the measure of my righteousness, to the degree of my cleanness in his sight.
26 with pious be kind with mighty man unblemished: blameless to finish
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 to purify to purify and with twisted to twist
With the pure you show yourself pure, but you are perverse to the twisted.
28 and [obj] people afflicted to save and eye your upon to exalt to abase
You save afflicted people, but your eyes are against the proud, and you bring them down.
29 for you(m. s.) lamp my LORD and LORD to shine darkness my
For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh lights up my darkness.
30 for in/on/with you to run: run band in/on/with God my to leap wall
For by you I can run over a barricade; by my God I can leap over a wall.
31 [the] God unblemished way: conduct his word LORD to refine shield he/she/it to/for all [the] to seek refuge in/on/with 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? God from beside LORD and who? rock from beside God our
For who is God except Yahweh, and who is a rock except our God?
33 [the] God security my strength and to free unblemished: blameless (way: conduct my *Q(K)*)
God is my refuge, and he leads the blameless person on his path.
34 to set (foot my *Q(K)*) like/as doe and upon high place my to stand: stand me
He makes my feet swift like a deer and places me on the high hills.
35 to learn: teach hand my to/for battle and to descend bow bronze arm my
He trains my hands for war, and my arms to bend a bow of bronze.
36 and to give: give to/for me shield salvation your and humility your to multiply me
You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your favor has made me great.
37 to enlarge step my underneath: under me and not to slip ankle my
You have made a wide place for my feet beneath me, so my feet have not slipped.
38 to pursue enemy my and to destroy them and not to return: return till to end: destroy them
I pursued my enemies and destroyed them. I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
39 and to end: destroy them and to wound them and not to arise: rise [emph?] and to fall: fall underneath: under foot my
I devoured them and smashed them; they cannot rise. They have fallen under my feet.
40 and to gird me strength to/for battle to bow to arise: attack me underneath: under me
You put strength on me like a belt for battle; you put under me those who rise up against me.
41 and enemy my to give: make to/for me neck to hate me and to destroy them
You gave me the back of my enemies' necks; I annihilated those who hated me.
42 to gaze and nothing to save to(wards) LORD and not to answer them
They cried for help, but no one saved them; they cried out to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.
43 and to beat them like/as dust land: soil like/as mud outside to crush them to beat them
I beat them into fine pieces like dust on the ground, I pulverized them like mud in the streets.
44 and to escape me from strife people my to keep: guard me to/for head: leader nation people not to know to serve: minister 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 son: type of foreign to deceive to/for me to/for to hear: hear ear: hearing to hear: obey to/for me
Foreigners were forced to bow to me. As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46 son: type of foreign to wither and to gird from perimeter their
The foreigners came trembling out of their strongholds.
47 alive LORD and to bless rock my and to exalt God rock salvation my
Yahweh lives! May my rock be praised. May God be exalted, the rock of my salvation.
48 [the] God [the] to give: give vengeance to/for me and to go down people underneath: under me
This is the God who executes vengeance for me, the one who brings down peoples under me.
49 and to come out: send me from enemy my and from to arise: rise me to exalt me from man violence to rescue me
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 upon so to give thanks you LORD in/on/with nation and to/for name your to sing
Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations; I will sing praises to your name.
51 (tower *Q(K)*) salvation king his and to make: do kindness to/for anointed his to/for David and to/for seed: children his till forever: enduring
God gives great victory to his king, and he shows his covenant loyalty to his anointed one, to David and to his descendants forever.”