2 Samuel 22
1 And David speaketh to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah hath delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,
David sang the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord saved him from all his enemies, and from Saul.
2 and he saith: 'Jehovah [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
He sang: “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my Savior.
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 Saviour, from violence Thou savest me!
He is my God, my rock who protects me. He shields me from harm, his power saves me, he keeps me safe. He is my protector; he is my savior; he saves me from violence.
4 The Praised One, I call Jehovah: And from mine enemies I am saved.
I call for help from the Lord, who should be praised, and he saves me from those who hate me.
5 When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
The waves of death swept over me; surging waters of destruction flooded over me;
The grave wound its ropes around me; death set snares for me. (Sheol h7585)
7 In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I call, And He heareth from His temple my voice, And my cry [is] in His ears,
In my despair I called on the Lord; I called out to my God. He heard my voice from his Temple; my cry for help reached his ears.
8 And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath!
The earth shook to and fro; the foundations of the heavens trembled, shaking because of his anger.
9 Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.
Smoke came out of his nostrils, and fire from his mouth, burning coals that blazed before him.
10 And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
He pushed aside the heavens and came down, with dark clouds beneath his feet.
11 And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And is seen on the wings of the wind.
Riding on a heavenly being he flew, swooping on the wings of the wind.
12 And He setteth darkness Round about Him — tabernacles, Darkness of waters — thick clouds of the skies.
He hid himself in darkness, covering himself with black rainclouds.
13 From the brightness before Him Were brands of fire kindled!
Burning coals blazed out of his brightness.
14 Thunder from the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice.
The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 And He sendeth forth arrows, And scattereth them; Lightning, and troubleth them;
He fired his arrows, scattering his enemies, he routed them with his lightning bolts.
16 And seen are the streams of the sea, Revealed are foundations of the world, By the rebuke of Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of His anger.
The Lord roared, and by the wind from the breath of his nostrils the valleys of the sea could be seen and the foundations of the earth were uncovered.
17 He sendeth from above — He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.
He reached down his hand from above and grabbed hold of me. He dragged me out of the deep water.
18 He delivereth me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I.
He rescued me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me and who were much stronger than me.
19 They are before me in a day of my calamity, And Jehovah is my support,
They came at me at my worst possible moment, but the Lord supported me.
20 And He bringeth me out to a large place, He draweth me out for He delighted in me.
He set me free, he rescued me because he's happy with me.
21 Jehovah recompenseth me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.
The Lord rewarded me because I do what's right; he repaid me because I am innocent.
22 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.
For I have followed the Lord's ways; I have not sinned by turning away from my God.
23 For all His judgments [are] before me, As to His statutes, I turn not from them.
I have kept all his laws in mind; I have not ignored his commandments.
24 And I am perfect before Him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.
I am blameless in his sight; I keep myself from sinning.
25 And Jehovah returneth to me, According to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.
The Lord rewarded me for doing what's right. I am innocent in his sight.
26 With the kind Thou shewest Thyself kind, With the perfect man Thou shewest Thyself perfect,
You show trust to those who are trusting; you show integrity to those with integrity,
27 With the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure, And with the perverse Thou shewest Thyself a wrestler.
You show yourself pure to those who are pure, but you show yourself astute to those who are crafty.
28 And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.
You save the humble, but your eyes watch the proud to bring them down.
29 For Thou [art] my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.
You, Lord, are my lamp. The Lord lights up my darkness.
30 For by Thee I run — a troop, By my God I leap a wall.
With you, I can charge down a troop of soldiers; with you, my God, I can climb a fortress wall.
31 God! Perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield He [is] to all those trusting in Him.
God's way is absolutely right. What the Lord says is trustworthy. He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.
32 For who is God save Jehovah? And who a Rock save our God?
For who is God except the Lord? Who is a Rock, except our God?
33 God — my bulwark, [my] strength, And He maketh perfect my way;
God makes me strong and keeps me safe.
34 Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand,
He makes me surefooted like the deer, able to walk the heights in safety.
35 Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,
He teaches me how to fight in battle; he gives me the strength to draw a bronze bow.
36 And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.
You protect me with the shield of your salvation; your help has made me great.
37 Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.
You gave me room to walk, and prevented my feet from slipping.
38 I pursue mine enemies and destroy them, And I turn not till they are consumed.
I chased my enemies, and caught up with them. I did not turn around until I had destroyed them.
39 And I consume them, and smite them, And they rise not, and fall under my feet.
I struck them down—they couldn't get up. They fell at my feet.
40 And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.
You made me strong for the battle; you made those who rose up against me kneel low before me.
41 And mine enemies — Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me — and I cut them off.
You made my enemies run away; I destroyed all my enemies.
42 They look, and there is no saviour; Unto Jehovah, and He hath not answered them.
They cried out for help, but no one came to rescue them. They even called out to the Lord, 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 ground them into dust, like the dust of the earth. I crushed them and threw them out like mud in the street.
44 And — Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of my people, Thou placest me for a head of nations; A people I have not known do serve me.
You rescued me from rebellious people; you have kept me as ruler over nations—people I didn't know now serve me.
45 Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me.
Foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey.
46 Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.
They lose heart, and come trembling in surrender from their strongholds.
47 Jehovah liveth, and blessed [is] my Rock, And exalted is my God — The Rock of my salvation.
The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! May the God who saves me be praised!
48 God — who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing down peoples under me,
God avenges me, he puts peoples under me,
49 And bringing me forth from mine enemies, Yea, above my withstanders Thou raisest me up. From a man of violence Thou deliverest me.
He frees me from those who hate me. You keep me safe from those who rebel against me, you save me from violent men.
50 Therefore I confess Thee, O Jehovah, among nations. And to Thy name I sing praise.
That's why I will praise you among the nations, Lord; I will sing praises about who you are.
51 Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed — unto the age!'
You have saved the king so often, showing your trustworthy love to David, your anointed, and to his descendants forever.”
