2 שְׁמוּאֵל 22

1 וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר דָּוִד֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֖י הַשִּׁירָ֣ה הַזֹּ֑את בְּיֹום֩ הִצִּ֨יל יְהוָ֥ה אֹתֹ֛ו מִכַּ֥ף כָּל־אֹיְבָ֖יו וּמִכַּ֥ף שָׁאֽוּל׃

And David spake unto Yahweh, the words of this song, in the day when Yahweh had rescued him, out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul;

2 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר יְהוָ֛ה סַֽלְעִ֥י וּמְצֻדָתִ֖י וּמְפַלְטִי־לִֽי׃

and he said, —Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer—mine;

3 אֱלֹהֵ֥י צוּרִ֖י אֶחֱסֶה־בֹּ֑ו מָגִנִּ֞י וְקֶ֣רֶן יִשְׁעִ֗י מִשְׂגַּבִּי֙ וּמְנוּסִ֔י מֹשִׁעִ֕י מֵחָמָ֖ס תֹּשִׁעֵֽנִי׃

My God, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, —My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, My Saviour! from violence, thou didst save me.

4 מְהֻלָּ֖ל אֶקְרָ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וּמֵאֹיְבַ֖י אִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃

As one worthy to be praised, called I on Yahweh, —And, from my foes, was I saved.

5 כִּ֥י אֲפָפֻ֖נִי מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָ֑וֶת נַחֲלֵ֥י בְלִיַּ֖עַל יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃

When the breakers of death had encompassed me, —the torrents of perdition, made me afraid, —

6 חֶבְלֵ֥י שְׁאֹ֖ול סַבֻּ֑נִי קִדְּמֻ֖נִי מֹֽקְשֵׁי־מָֽוֶת׃ (Sheol h7585)

the meshes of hades, had surrounded me, —the snares of death had confronted me, (Sheol h7585)

7 בַּצַּר־לִי֙ אֶקְרָ֣א יְהוָ֔ה וְאֶל־אֱלֹהַ֖י אֶקְרָ֑א וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע מֵהֵֽיכָלֹו֙ קֹולִ֔י וְשַׁוְעָתִ֖י בְּאָזְנָֽיו׃

In my distress, called I on Yahweh, Yea, unto my God, did I call, —and he hearkened, out of his temple, unto my voice, and, my cry for help, was in his ears!

8 וַתְגָּעַשׁ (וַיִּתְגָּעַ֤שׁ) וַתִּרְעַשׁ֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ מֹוסְדֹ֥ות הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם יִרְגָּ֑זוּ וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּ כִּֽי־חָ֥רָה לֹֽו׃

Then did the earth shake and quake, the foundations of the heavens, were deeply moved, —yea they did shake, because he was angry,

9 עָלָ֤ה עָשָׁן֙ בְּאַפֹּ֔ו וְאֵ֥שׁ מִפִּ֖יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל גֶּחָלִ֖ים בָּעֲר֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

There went up a smoke in his nostrils, and, a fire out of his mouth, devoured, —live coals, were kindled from it:

10 וַיֵּ֥ט שָׁמַ֖יִם וַיֵּרַ֑ד וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל תַּ֥חַת רַגְלָֽיו׃

Then he stretched out the heavens, and came down, —and, thick gloom, was under his feet;

11 וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב עַל־כְּר֖וּב וַיָּעֹ֑ף וַיֵּרָ֖א עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רֽוּחַ׃

Then he rode on a cherub, and flew, —and was seen on the wings of the wind;

12 וַיָּ֥שֶׁת חֹ֛שֶׁךְ סְבִיבֹתָ֖יו סֻכֹּ֑ות חַֽשְׁרַת־מַ֖יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃

And made of the darkness around him, pavilions, —gathering of waters, clouds of vapours.

13 מִנֹּ֖גַהּ נֶגְדֹּ֑ו בָּעֲר֖וּ גַּחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃

Out of the brightness before him, were kindled live coals of fire;

14 יַרְעֵ֥ם מִן־שָׁמַ֖יִם יְהוָ֑ה וְעֶלְיֹ֖ון יִתֵּ֥ן קֹולֹֽו׃

Thunder from the heavens, did Yahweh give forth, —yea, the Highest, uttered his voice;

15 וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח חִצִּ֖ים וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם בָּרָ֖ק וַיְּהֻמֵּם (וַיָּהֹֽם)׃

And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, —lightning, and confused them;

16 וַיֵּֽרָאוּ֙ אֲפִ֣קֵי יָ֔ם יִגָּל֖וּ מֹסְדֹ֣ות תֵּבֵ֑ל בְּגַעֲרַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה מִנִּשְׁמַ֖ת ר֥וּחַ אַפֹּֽו׃

Then appeared the channels of the sea, were uncovered the foundations of the world, —at the rebuke of Yahweh, the blast of the breath of his nostrils;

17 יִשְׁלַ֥ח מִמָּרֹ֖ום יִקָּחֵ֑נִי יַֽמְשֵׁ֖נִי מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃

He sent from on high, he took me, —he drew me out of many waters;

18 יַצִּילֵ֕נִי מֵאֹיְבִ֖י עָ֑ז מִשֹּׂ֣נְאַ֔י כִּ֥י אָמְצ֖וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

He rescued me from my foe, in his might, —from them who hated me, because they were too strong for me:

19 יְקַדְּמֻ֖נִי בְּיֹ֣ום אֵידִ֑י וַיְהִ֧י יְהוָ֛ה מִשְׁעָ֖ן לִֽי׃

They confronted me, in the day of my necessity, —then became Yahweh my stay:

20 וַיֹּצֵ֥א לַמֶּרְחָ֖ב אֹתִ֑י יְחַלְּצֵ֖נִי כִּי־חָ֥פֵֽץ בִּֽי׃

And brought out, into a large place, even me, —he delivered me, because he delighted in me:

21 יִגְמְלֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֖ה כְּצִדְקָתִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָדַ֖י יָשִׁ֥יב לִֽי׃

Yahweh rewarded me, according to my righteousness—according to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me:

22 כִּ֥י שָׁמַ֖רְתִּי דַּרְכֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א רָשַׁ֖עְתִּי מֵאֱלֹהָֽי׃

For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, —and not broken away from my God;

23 כִּ֥י כָל־מִשְׁפֹּטֹו (מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו) לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו לֹא־אָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

For, all his regulations, were before me, —and, as for his statutes, I turned not from them.

24 וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה תָמִ֖ים לֹ֑ו וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָ֖ה מֵעֲוֹנִֽי׃

So became I blameless towards him, —and kept myself from mine iniquity:

25 וַיָּ֧שֶׁב יְהוָ֛ה לִ֖י כְּצִדְקָתִ֑י כְּבֹרִ֖י לְנֶ֥גֶד עֵינָֽיו׃

Yahweh therefore repaid me, according to my righteousness, —according to my pureness before his eyes.

26 עִם־חָסִ֖יד תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד עִם־גִּבֹּ֥ור תָּמִ֖ים תִּתַּמָּֽם׃

With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving, —with the blameless hero, thou didst show thyself blameless;

27 עִם־נָבָ֖ר תִּתָּבָ֑ר וְעִם־עִקֵּ֖שׁ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃

With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure, —but, with the perverse, thou didst shew thyself ready to contend:

28 וְאֶת־עַ֥ם עָנִ֖י תֹּושִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינֶ֖יךָ עַל־רָמִ֥ים תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃

And, a patient people, thou didst save, —but, thine eyes, were on the lofty—thou layedst them low;

29 כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה נֵירִ֖י יְהוָ֑ה וַיהוָ֖ה יַגִּ֥יהַּ חָשְׁכִּֽי׃

For, thou, wast my lamp, O Yahweh, —and, Yahweh, enlightened my darkness;

30 כִּ֥י בְכָ֖ה אָר֣וּץ גְּד֑וּד בֵּאלֹהַ֖י אֲדַלֶּג־שֽׁוּר׃

For, by thee, I ran through a troop, —by my God, I leapt over a wall.

31 הָאֵ֖ל תָּמִ֣ים דַּרְכֹּ֑ו אִמְרַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ צְרוּפָ֔ה מָגֵ֣ן ה֔וּא לְכֹ֖ל הַחֹסִ֥ים בֹּֽו׃

As for God, blameless is his way, —the speech of Yahweh, hath been proved, a shield, he is to all who seek refuge in him.

32 כִּ֥י מִי־אֵ֖ל מִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וּמִ֥י צ֖וּר מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֥י אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

For who is a GOD, save Yahweh? and who a Rock, save our God?

33 הָאֵ֥ל מָעוּזִּ֖י חָ֑יִל וַיַּתֵּ֥ר תָּמִ֖ים דַּרְכֹּו (דַּרְכִּֽי)׃

GOD, is my fortress of strength, —and shewed to the blameless his way;

34 מְשַׁוֶּ֥ה רַגְלָיו (רַגְלַ֖י) כָּאַיָּלֹ֑ות וְעַ֥ל בָּמֹותַ֖י יַעֲמִדֵֽנִי׃

Planting my feet like the hinds’, —yea, on my high places, he caused me to stand;

35 מְלַמֵּ֥ד יָדַ֖י לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וְנִחַ֥ת קֶֽשֶׁת־נְחוּשָׁ֖ה זְרֹעֹתָֽי׃

Teaching my hands, to war, —so that a bow of bronze was bent by mine arms;

36 וַתִּתֶּן־לִ֖י מָגֵ֣ן יִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וַעֲנֹתְךָ֖ תַּרְבֵּֽנִי׃

Thus didst thou grant me, as a shield, thy salvation, —and, thy condescension, made me great.

37 תַּרְחִ֥יב צַעֲדִ֖י תַּחְתֵּ֑נִי וְלֹ֥א מָעֲד֖וּ קַרְסֻלָּֽי׃

Thou didst widen my stepping-places, under me, —so that mine ankles faltered not:

38 אֶרְדְּפָ֥ה אֹיְבַ֖י וָאַשְׁמִידֵ֑ם וְלֹ֥א אָשׁ֖וּב עַד־כַּלֹּותָֽם׃

I pursued my foes, and destroyed them, —and returned not, till they were consumed;

39 וָאֲכַלֵּ֥ם וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יְקוּמ֑וּן וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ תַּ֥חַת רַגְלָֽי׃

So I consumed them, and crushed them, and they rose not again, —thus fell they under my feet:

40 וַתַּזְרֵ֥נִי חַ֖יִל לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה תַּכְרִ֥יעַ קָמַ֖י תַּחְתֵּֽנִי׃

Thus didst thou gird me with strength, for the battle, —thou subduedst mine assailants under me:

41 וְאֹ֣יְבַ֔י תַּ֥תָּה לִּ֖י עֹ֑רֶף מְשַׂנְאַ֖י וָאַצְמִיתֵֽם׃

And, as for my foes, thou didst give me their neck, —yea, them who hated me, that I might destroy them:

42 יִשְׁע֖וּ וְאֵ֣ין מֹשִׁ֑יעַ אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א עָנָֽם׃

They cried out, but there was none to save, —unto Yahweh, but he answered them not.

43 וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם כַּעֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ כְּטִיט־חוּצֹ֥ות אֲדִקֵּ֖ם אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃

Then did I beat them in pieces, like the dust of the earth, —like the clay of the lanes, did I crush them, stamp them down.

44 וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִי מֵרִיבֵ֖י עַמִּ֑י תִּשְׁמְרֵ֙נִי֙ לְרֹ֣אשׁ גֹּויִ֔ם עַ֥ם לֹא־יָדַ֖עְתִּי יַעַבְדֻֽנִי׃

Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of my people, didst keep me to be the head of nations: —a people whom I had not known, served me;

45 בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־לִ֑י לִשְׁמֹ֥ועַ אֹ֖זֶן יִשָּׁ֥מְעוּ לִֽי׃

The sons of the foreigner, came cringing unto me, —at the hearing of the ear, they submitted to me, —

46 בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ מִמִּסְגְּרֹותָֽם׃

The sons of the foreigner, were disheartened, and came quaking, out of their fortresses.

47 חַי־יְהוָ֖ה וּבָר֣וּךְ צוּרִ֑י וְיָרֻ֕ם אֱלֹהֵ֖י צ֥וּר יִשְׁעִֽי׃

Yahweh liveth, and blessed be my rock, —and exalted be the God (of the rock) of my salvation: —

48 הָאֵ֕ל הַנֹּתֵ֥ן נְקָמֹ֖ת לִ֑י וּמֹורִ֥יד עַמִּ֖ים תַּחְתֵּֽנִי׃

The GOD who hath avenged me, and brought down peoples under me;

49 וּמֹוצִיאִ֖י מֵאֹֽיְבָ֑י וּמִקָּמַי֙ תְּרֹ֣ומְמֵ֔נִי מֵאִ֥ישׁ חֲמָסִ֖ים תַּצִּילֵֽנִי׃

And brought me forth from among my foes, —yea, from mine assailants, hast thou set me on high, from the man of violence, hast thou delivered me.

50 עַל־כֵּ֛ן אֹודְךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה בַּגֹּויִ֑ם וּלְשִׁמְךָ֖ אֲזַמֵּֽר׃

For this cause, will I praise thee, O Yahweh, among the nations, —and, to thy name, will I touch the strings: —

51 מִגְדִיל (מִגְדֹּ֖ול) יְשׁוּעֹ֣ות מַלְכֹּ֑ו וְעֹֽשֶׂה־חֶ֧סֶד לִמְשִׁיחֹ֛ו לְדָוִ֥ד וּלְזַרְעֹ֖ו עַד־עֹולָֽם׃ פ

Who hath made great the victories of his King, —and shown lovingkindness to his Anointed One, to David and to his Seed, unto times age-abiding.