Kings II 22
1 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.
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,
2 And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
and he saith: 'Jehovah [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
3 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; thou shalt save me from the unjust man.
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!
4 I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
The Praised One, I call Jehovah: And from mine enemies I am saved.
5 For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death. (Sheol h7585)
7 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 shalt come into his ears.
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,
8 And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was wroth with them.
And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath!
9 There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.
10 And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
11 And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.
And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And is seen on the wings of the wind.
12 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.
And He setteth darkness Round about Him — tabernacles, Darkness of waters — thick clouds of the skies.
13 At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
From the brightness before Him Were brands of fire kindled!
14 The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
Thunder from the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice.
15 And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
And He sendeth forth arrows, And scattereth them; Lightning, and troubleth them;
16 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.
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.
17 He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.
He sendeth from above — He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
He delivereth me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I.
19 The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
They are before me in a day of my calamity, And Jehovah is my support,
20 And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
And He bringeth me out to a large place, He draweth me out for He delighted in me.
21 And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
Jehovah recompenseth me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.
22 Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.
23 For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
For all His judgments [are] before me, As to His statutes, I turn not from them.
24 And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
And I am perfect before Him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.
25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.
And Jehovah returneth to me, According to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.
26 With the holy thou wilt be holy, and with the perfect man thou will be perfect,
With the kind Thou shewest Thyself kind, With the perfect man Thou shewest Thyself perfect,
27 and with the excellent thou wilt be excellent, and with the froward thou will be froward.
With the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure, And with the perverse Thou shewest Thyself a wrestler.
28 And thou wilt save the poor people, and wilt bring down the eyes of the haughty.
And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.
29 For thou, Lord, [art] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
For Thou [art] my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.
30 For by thee shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
For by Thee I run — a troop, By my God I leap a wall.
31 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.
God! Perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield He [is] to all those trusting in Him.
32 Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
For who is God save Jehovah? And who a Rock save our God?
33 [It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
God — my bulwark, [my] strength, And He maketh perfect my way;
34 He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places.
Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand,
35 He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,
36 And thou hast given me the shield of my salvation, and thy propitious dealing has increased me,
And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.
37 so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.
38 I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
I pursue mine enemies and destroy them, And I turn not till they are consumed.
39 And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
And I consume them, and smite them, And they rise not, and fall under my feet.
40 And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.
41 And thou hast caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and thou hast slain them.
And mine enemies — Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me — and I cut them off.
42 They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
They look, and there is no saviour; Unto Jehovah, and He hath not answered them.
43 And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small — I spread them out!
44 And thou shalt deliver me from the striving of the peoples, thou shalt keep me [to be] the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.
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.
45 The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they hearkened to me as soon as they heard.
Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me.
46 The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.
47 The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
Jehovah liveth, and blessed [is] my Rock, And exalted is my God — The Rock of my salvation.
48 The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
God — who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing down peoples under me,
49 and bringing me out from my enemies: and thou shalt set me on high from among those that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver me from the violent man.
And bringing me forth from mine enemies, Yea, above my withstanders Thou raisest me up. From a man of violence Thou deliverest me.
50 Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.
Therefore I confess Thee, O Jehovah, among nations. And to Thy name I sing praise.
51 He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed — unto the age!'
