2 Samuel 22
1 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,
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 And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.
And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
3 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.
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.
4 I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall 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 pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.
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 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.
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.
8 The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.
And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was wroth with them.
9 A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.
There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
10 He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
11 And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon 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 covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.
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 By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled.
At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
14 The Lord shall thunder from heaven: and the most high shall give forth his voice.
The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
15 He shot arrows and scattered them: lightning, and consumed them.
And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
16 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.
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 sent from on high, and took me, and drew me out of many waters.
He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
19 He prevented me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my stay.
The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
20 And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him.
And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
21 The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.
And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
22 Because 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 judgments are in my sight: and his precepts I have not removed from me.
For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
24 And I shall be perfect with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my 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 the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.
26 With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.
With the holy thou wilt be holy, and with the perfect man thou will be perfect,
27 With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
and with the excellent thou wilt be excellent, and with the froward thou will be froward.
28 And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eyes thou wilt humble the haughty.
And thou wilt save the poor people, and wilt bring down the eyes of the haughty.
29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.
For thou, Lord, [art] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
30 For in thee I will run girded: in my God I will leap over the wall.
For by thee shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
31 God, his way is immaculate, the word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all that trust 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 Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God?
Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
33 God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect.
[It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
34 Making my feet like the feet of harts, and setting me upon my high places.
He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places.
35 He teacheth my bands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.
He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
36 Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.
And thou hast given me the shield of my salvation, and thy propitious dealing has increased me,
37 Thou shalt enlarge my steps under me: and my ankles shall not fail.
so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
38 I will pursue after my enemies, and crush them: and will not return again till I consume them.
I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
39 I will consume them and break them in pieces, so that they shall not rise: they shall fall under my feet.
And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
40 Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.
And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
41 My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.
And thou hast caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and thou hast slain them.
42 They shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.
They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
43 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.
And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
44 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,
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.
45 The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.
The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they hearkened to me as soon as they heard.
46 The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses.
The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
47 The Lord liveth, and my God is blessed: and the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted:
The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
48 God who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me,
The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
49 Who bringest me forth from my enemies, and liftest me up from them that resist me: from the wicked man thou shalt deliver me.
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.
50 Therefore will I give thanks to thee. O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.
Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.
51 Giving great salvation to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for ever.
He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
