2 Samuel 22
1 And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
2 He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
3 My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: [he is] my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; you shall save me from the unjust man.
4 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
5 For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me. (Sheol h7585)
7 In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was angry with them.
9 Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
10 He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.
13 From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
15 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
16 The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger.
17 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.
18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
19 They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
20 He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
21 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
23 For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
24 And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
25 So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.
26 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
With the holy you will be holy, and with the perfect man you will be perfect,
27 to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
and with the excellent you will be excellent, and with the froward you will be froward.
28 You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
And you will save the poor people, and will bring down the eyes of the haughty.
29 For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
For you, Lord, [are] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
30 For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
For by you shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
31 As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
As for the Mighty One, his way [is] blameless: the word of the Lord [is] strong [and] tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust in him.
32 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
33 God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.
[It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
34 He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places.
35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
36 You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me,
37 You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
39 I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
40 You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
And you shall strengthen me with power for the war; you shall cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
41 You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
And you have caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and you have slain them.
42 They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
43 I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
44 You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
And you shall deliver me from the striving of the peoples, you shall keep me [to be] the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.
45 Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they listened to me as soon as they heard.
46 Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
47 The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
48 the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
49 who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
and bringing me out from my enemies: and you shall set me on high from among those that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the violent man.
50 Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
51 Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
