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 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 he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.
and he saith: 'Jehovah [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
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.
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 praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies.
The Praised One, I call Jehovah: And from mine enemies I am saved.
5 For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified 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 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 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 The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them.
And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath!
9 Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.
Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.
10 He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.
And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
11 And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid 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 He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.
And He setteth darkness Round about Him — tabernacles, Darkness of waters — thick clouds of the skies.
13 By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled.
From the brightness before Him Were brands of fire kindled!
14 The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice.
Thunder from the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice.
15 He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.
And He sendeth forth arrows, And scattereth them; Lightning, and troubleth 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 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 on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters.
He sendeth from above — He taketh me, He draweth 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 delivereth me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I.
19 He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.
They are before me in a day of my calamity, And Jehovah is my support,
20 And he led me out to a wide-open place. He freed me, because I was pleasing to him.
And He bringeth me out to a large place, He draweth me out for 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.
Jehovah recompenseth me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to 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 Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.
23 For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.
For all His judgments [are] before me, As to His statutes, I turn not from them.
24 And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.
And I am perfect before Him, And I keep 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.
And Jehovah returneth to me, According to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.
26 With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.
With the kind Thou shewest Thyself kind, With the perfect man Thou shewest Thyself perfect,
27 With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.
With the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure, And with the perverse Thou shewest Thyself a wrestler.
28 And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.
And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.
29 For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.
For Thou [art] my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah 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 — a troop, By my God I leap 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.
God! Perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield He [is] to all those trusting in Him.
32 Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God?
For who is God save Jehovah? And who a Rock save our God?
33 God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:
God — my bulwark, [my] strength, And He maketh perfect my way;
34 making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places,
Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand,
35 teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.
Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,
36 You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.
And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.
37 You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.
Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.
38 I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.
I pursue mine enemies and destroy them, And I turn not till they are consumed.
39 I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet.
And I consume them, and smite them, And they rise not, and fall under my feet.
40 You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.
And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.
41 You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me; they have hatred for me, and I shall destroy them.
And mine enemies — Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me — and I 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 look, and there is no saviour; Unto Jehovah, and He hath not answered them.
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.
And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small — I spread them out!
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.
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 sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.
Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me.
46 The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.
Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.
47 The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.
Jehovah liveth, and blessed [is] my Rock, And exalted is my God — The Rock of my salvation.
48 God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.
God — who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing 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 bringing me forth from mine enemies, Yea, above my withstanders Thou raisest me up. From a man of violence Thou deliverest me.
50 Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name:
Therefore I confess Thee, O Jehovah, among nations. And to Thy name I sing praise.
51 magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.”
Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed — unto the age!'
