2 Samuel 22
1 And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
And David spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, 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 fortress, and my deliverer;
And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.
3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.
God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity.
4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.
I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.
The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me. (Sheol h7585)
7 In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
11 And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen on the wings of the wind.
And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.
12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.
13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
The Lord shall thunder from heaven: and the most high shall give forth his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
He shot arrows and scattered them: lightning, and consumed them.
16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
And the overflowings of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the spirit of his wrath.
17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
He sent from on high, and took me, and drew me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
He prevented me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my stay.
20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him.
21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
For all his judgments are in my sight: and his precepts I have not removed from me.
24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.
And I shall be perfect with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
25 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.
26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright.
With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.
27 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself unsavory.
With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
28 And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down.
And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eyes thou wilt humble the haughty.
29 For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.
30 For by you I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
For in thee I will run girded: in my God I will leap over the wall.
31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
God, his way is immaculate, the word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all that trust in him.
32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God?
33 God is my strength and power: and he makes my way perfect.
God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect.
34 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet: and sets me on my high places.
Making my feet like the feet of harts, and setting me upon my high places.
35 He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
He teacheth my bands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.
36 You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your gentleness has made me great.
Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.
37 You have enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
Thou shalt enlarge my steps under me: and my ankles shall not fail.
38 I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
I will pursue after my enemies, and crush them: and will not return again till I consume them.
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yes, they are fallen under my feet.
I will consume them and break them in pieces, so that they shall not rise: they shall fall under my feet.
40 For you have girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me have you subdued under me.
Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.
41 You have also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.
42 They looked, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he answered them not.
They shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.
43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets.
44 You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know not, shall serve me,
45 Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me.
The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses.
47 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
The Lord liveth, and my God is blessed: and the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted:
48 It is God that avenges me, and that brings down the people under me.
God who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me,
49 And that brings me forth from my enemies: you also have lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man.
Who bringest me forth from my enemies, and liftest me up from them that resist me: from the wicked man thou shalt deliver me.
50 Therefore I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises to your name.
Therefore will I give thanks to thee. O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.
51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more.
Giving great salvation to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for ever.
