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2 Samuel 22

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1 And David spoke the words of this song unto the LORD in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul.

1 David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

2 He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

3 God is my Strong One; in him will I trust: he is my shield and the horn of my saving health; my defence and my refuge; my saviour, who shall save me from violence.

3 my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior— from violent people you save me.

4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

4 “I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies.

5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of Belial made me afraid;

5 The waves of death swirled about me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

6 when the cords of Sheol compassed me about; the snares of death came before me;

6 The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

7 in my distress I called upon the LORD and cried to my God, who heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.

7 “In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.

8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the heavens were moved and shook because he was wroth.

8 The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens shook; they trembled because he was angry.

9 Smoke went up from his nostrils, and fire devoured out of his mouth; coals were kindled by it.

9 Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.

10 And he lowered the heavens and came down, and darkness was under his feet.

10 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.

11 And he rode upon a cherub and flew; and he appeared upon the wings of the wind.

11 He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.

12 He placed darkness like tabernacles round about him, dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

12 He made darkness his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.

13 From the brightness of his presence, coals of fire were kindled.

13 Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth.

14 The LORD thundered from the heavens, and the most High uttered his voice;

14 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

15 he sent out arrows and scattered them; he sent forth lightning, and consumed them.

15 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

16 Then the springs of the sea appeared and the foundations of the world were uncovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

16 The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of breath from his nostrils.

17 He extended his hand from above, he took me; he drew me out of the impetuous waters;

17 “He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.

18 he delivered me from strong enemies, from those that hated me, who were stronger than I.

18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.

19 They came upon me unawares in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my stay.

19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.

20 He brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because he had put his will in me.

20 He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me.

21 “The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God.

23 For I have all his ordinances before me and am attentive to his statutes; I will not depart from them.

23 All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.

24 And I was perfect before him and have kept myself from my iniquity.

24 I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.

25 Therefore, the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness before his eyes.

25 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.

26 With the merciful thou art good, and with the perfect thou art upright.

26 “To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

27 With the pure thou art pure, and with the perverse thou art an adversary.

27 to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

28 Thou wilt save the poor in spirit; but thine eyes are upon the haughty that thou may bring them down.

28 You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD, and the LORD gives light unto my darkness.

29 You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light.

30 For in thee I have run through a troop; with my God I have gone over the walls.

30 With your help I can advance against a troop ; with my God I can scale a wall.

31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is purified; he is a shield to all those that trust in him.

31 “As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.

32 For what God is there except the LORD? Or who is a Strong One, except our God?

32 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

33 God is he who strengthens me with virtue; he who clears my way;

33 It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.

34 he who makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and he who sets me upon my high places;

34 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.

35 he who trains my hands for war and causes my arms to break the bow of bronze.

35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy saving health, and thy meekness has multiplied me.

36 You make your saving help my shield; your help has made me great.

37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me so that my knees did not shake.

37 You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.

38 I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them and did not return until I had consumed them.

38 “I pursued my enemies and crushed them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

39 And I consumed them and wounded them, and they did not arise; they are fallen under my feet.

39 I crushed them completely, and they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.

40 For thou hast girded me with strength for the battle; thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

40 You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.

41 Thou hast given me the necks of my enemies, of those that hate me, that I might cut them off.

41 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.

42 They looked, but there was no one to save them; even unto the LORD, but he did not answer them.

42 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but he did not answer.

43 Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth; I stamped them as the mire of the street and spread them abroad.

43 I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.

44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of peoples; thou hast kept me to be head of the Gentiles; peoples whom I did not know have served me.

44 “You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,

45 The strangers trembled before my command; as soon as they heard, they obeyed me.

45 foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

46 The strangers withered away and trembled in their close places.

46 They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.

47 The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God who is the rock of my salvation.

47 “The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!

48 The God who has given me revenge and who subjects the peoples under me,

48 He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under me,

49 who brings me forth from among my enemies; thou hast lifted me up on high from among those that rose up against me; thou hast delivered me from the man of violence.

49 who sets me free from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.

50 Therefore, I will confess thee among the Gentiles, O LORD, and I will sing unto thy name.

50 Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.

51 He who makes great the saving health of his king and shows mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for ever.

51 “He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”

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