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2 Samuel 22

Good News Translation GNT

1 When the Lord saved David from Saul and his other enemies, David sang this song to the Lord:

2 The Lord is my protector; he is my strong fortress.

3 My God is my protection, and with him I am safe. He protects me like a shield; he defends me and keeps me safe. He is my savior; he protects me and saves me from violence.

4 I call to the Lord, and he saves me from my enemies. Praise the Lord!

5 The waves of death were all around me; the waves of destruction rolled over me.

6 The danger of death was around me, and the grave set its trap for me.

7 In my trouble I called to the Lord; I called to my God for help. In his temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

8 Then the earth trembled and shook; the foundations of the sky rocked and quivered because God was angry!

9 Smoke poured out of his nostrils, a consuming flame and burning coals from his mouth.

10 He tore the sky open and came down, with a dark cloud under his feet.

11 He flew swiftly on his winged creature; he traveled on the wings of the wind.

12 He covered himself with darkness; thick clouds, full of water, surrounded him;

13 burning coals flamed up from the lightning before him.

14 Then the Lord thundered from the sky, and the voice of Almighty God was heard.

15 He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; with flashes of lightning he sent them running.

16 The floor of the ocean was laid bare, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered when the Lord rebuked his enemies and roared at them in anger.

17 The Lord reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me out of the deep waters.

18 He rescued me from my powerful enemies and from all those who hate me - they were too strong for me.

19 When I was in trouble, they attacked me, but the Lord protected me.

20 He helped me out of danger; he saved me because he was pleased with me.

21 The Lord rewards me because I do what is right; he blesses me because I am innocent.

22 I have obeyed the law of the Lord; I have not turned away from my God.

23 I have observed all his laws; I have not disobeyed his commands.

24 He knows that I am faultless, that I have kept myself from doing wrong.

25 And so he rewards me because I do what is right, because he knows that I am innocent.

26 O Lord, you are faithful to those who are faithful to you, and completely good to those who are perfect.

27 You are pure to those who are pure, but hostile to those who are wicked.

28 You save those who are humble, but you humble those who are proud.

29 You, Lord, are my light; you dispel my darkness.

30 You give me strength to attack my enemies and power to overcome their defenses.

31 This God - how perfect are his deeds, how dependable his words! He is like a shield for all who seek his protection.

32 The Lord alone is God; God alone is our defense.

33 This God is my strong refuge; he makes my pathway safe.

34 He makes me sure-footed as a deer; he keeps me safe on the mountains.

35 He trains me for battle, so that I can use the strongest bow.

36 O Lord, you protect me and save me; your help has made me great.

37 You have kept me from being captured, and I have never fallen.

38 I pursue my enemies and defeat them; I do not stop until I destroy them.

39 I strike them down, and they cannot rise; they lie defeated before me.

40 You give me strength for the battle and victory over my enemies.

41 You make my enemies run from me; I destroy those who hate me.

42 They look for help, but no one saves them; they call to the Lord, but he does not answer.

43 I crush them, and they become like dust; I trample on them like mud in the streets.

44 You saved me from my rebellious people and maintained my rule over the nations; people I did not know have now become my subjects.

45 Foreigners bow before me; when they hear me, they obey.

46 They lose their courage and come trembling from their fortresses.

47 The Lord lives! Praise my defender! Proclaim the greatness of the strong God who saves me!

48 He gives me victory over my enemies; he subdues the nations under me

49 and saves me from my foes. O Lord, you give me victory over my enemies and protect me from violent men.

50 And so I praise you among the nations; I sing praises to you.

51 God gives great victories to his king; he shows constant love to the one he has chosen, to David and his descendants forever.

World English Bible WEB

1 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, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

3 God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.

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

5 For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

6 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

7 In my distress, I called on the LORD. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.

8 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

9 Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

11 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind.

12 He made darkness a shelter around himself, gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

13 At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.

14 The LORD thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.

15 He sent out arrows and scattered them, lightning and confused them.

16 Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the LORD’s rebuke, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

17 He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.

18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

19 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

20 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. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.

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

23 For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I didn’t depart from them.

24 I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

25 Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.

26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.

27 With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

28 You will save the afflicted people, but your eyes are on the arrogant, that you may bring them down.

29 For you are my lamp, LORD. The LORD will light up my darkness.

30 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 LORD’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

32 For who is God, besides the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God?

33 God is my strong fortress. He makes my way perfect.

34 He makes his feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places.

35 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. Your gentleness has made me great.

37 You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped.

38 I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them. I didn’t turn again until they were consumed.

39 I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they can’t arise. Yes, they have fallen under my feet.

40 For you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

41 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 no one to save; even to the LORD, but he didn’t answer them.

43 Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.

44 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 The foreigners will submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me.

46 The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.

47 The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

48 even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down peoples under me,

49 who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

50 Therefore I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.

51 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.”