2 Samuel 22
1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this verse, in the day that the Lord freed him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
And David spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul;
2 And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.
and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3 I will hope in him. God is my strong one, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. He lifts me up, and he is my refreshment. You, O my Savior, will free me from iniquity.
The God who is my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; my saviour, Thou savest me from violence.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies.
Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies.
5 For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me.
For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me. (Sheol h7585)
7 In my tribulation, I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry out to my God. And he will heed my voice from his temple, and my outcry will reach his ears.
In my distress I called upon the LORD, yea, I called unto my God; and out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry did enter into His ears.
8 The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them.
Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of heaven did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.
9 Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.
Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.
10 He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
11 And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid upon the wings of the wind.
And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.
And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13 By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled.
At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth.
14 The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice.
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High gave forth His voice.
15 He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.
And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 And the overflow of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the globe were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the exhale of the breath of his fury.
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
17 He sent from on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters.
He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters;
18 He freed me from my most powerful enemy and from those who had hated me. For they were too strong for me.
He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19 He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.
They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.
20 And he led me out to a wide-open place. He freed me, because I was pleasing to him.
He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.
21 The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
22 For I have kept to the ways of the Lord, and I have not acted impiously before my God.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.
For all His ordinances were before me; and as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.
And I was single-hearted toward Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice, and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.
26 With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.
With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright,
27 With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.
With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.
28 And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.
And the afflicted people Thou dost save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.
29 For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.
For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.
30 For in you, I will run girded. In my God, I will leap over the wall.
For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall.
31 God, his way is immaculate; the eloquence of the Lord is an exacting fire. He is the shield of all who hope in him.
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.
32 Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God?
For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a Rock, save our God?
33 God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:
The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight;
34 making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places,
Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;
35 teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.
Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
36 You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.
Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation; and Thy condescension hath made me great.
37 You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
38 I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.
39 I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet.
And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, that they cannot arise; yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40 You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.
For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
41 You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me; they have hatred for me, and I shall destroy them.
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me; yea, them that hate me, that I might cut them off.
42 They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them.
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but He answered them not.
43 I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth. I will break them apart and crush them, like the mud of the streets.
Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.
44 You will save me from the contradictions of my people. You will preserve me to be the head of the Gentiles; a people I do not know shall serve me.
Thou also hast delivered me from the contentions of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known serve me.
45 The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.
The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
46 The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.
The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.
47 The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.
The LORD liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, my Rock of salvation;
48 God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth down peoples under me,
49 He leads me away from my enemies, and he lifts me up from those who resist me. You will free me from the iniquitous man.
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies; yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
50 Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name:
Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.
51 magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.”
A tower of salvation is He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
