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:
David spoke to 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 fortress, and my deliverer;
and he said, "The LORD is my Rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
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.
My God, my Rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; from violent people he saves me.
4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.
I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
For the waves of death surrounded me, and the currents of ungodliness overwhelmed me.
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught 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 called upon the LORD, and I cried out to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick 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.
He rode on a cherub, and flew; and he glided on 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 his hiding place, his canopy around him thick clouds dark with water.
13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed on, with hailstones and coals of fire.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
The LORD thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
And he sent out arrows and scattered them, and he shot lightning bolts and routed 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.
Then 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 above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
He sent from on high and he took me. He 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 strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For 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 ordinances were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.
I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright.
With the faithful you show yourself faithful. With the innocent you show yourself innocent.
27 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself unsavory.
With the pure you show yourself pure. And with the crooked you show yourself tortuous.
28 And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down.
You save a humble people, but the eyes of the proud you will bring low.
29 For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
For you light my lamp. The LORD my God lights up my darkness.
30 For by you I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
For by you, I run against a troop. By my God, I leap over a 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.
As for God, his way is perfect. The word of the LORD is pure. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
For who is God, besides the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,
33 God is my strength and power: and he makes my way perfect.
the God who girds me with strength, and makes my way blameless?
34 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet: and sets me on my high places.
He makes my feet like those of a deer, and sets me on my high places.
35 He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
36 You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your gentleness has made me great.
You have also given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand holds me up, and your help has made me great.
37 You have enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped.
38 I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yes, they are fallen under my feet.
And I consumed them, and struck them through, so that they did not rise. And they fell beneath my feet.
40 For you have girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me have you subdued under me.
For you have equipped me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
41 You have also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
42 They looked, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he answered them not.
They cry out, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he did not answer 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.
Then I ground them as fine as the dust on the surface of a path. Like the mud in the streets, I trampled them.
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.
You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.
45 Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me.
As soon as they hear of me they obey me. Foreigners come cringing to me;
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
they are not bound in chains.
47 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
The LORD lives. Blessed be my rock. Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
48 It is God that avenges me, and that brings down the people under me.
even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples 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 brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You protect me from the violent man.
50 Therefore I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises to your name.
Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises to your 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.
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his descendants, until forever."
