2 Samuel 22
22
David’s Song of Praise
1David sang this song to the Lord when the Lord saved him from Saul and all his other enemies. 2He said:
“The Lord is my rock, my fortress, my Savior.
3My God is my rock.
I can run to him for safety.
He is my shield and my saving strength,
my defender and my place of safety.
The Lord saves me from those who want to harm me.
4I will call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I will be saved from my enemies.
5“The waves of death came around me;
the deadly rivers overwhelmed me.
6The ropes of death wrapped around me.
The traps of death were before me.
7In my trouble I called to the Lord;
I cried out to my God.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my call for help reached his ears.
8“The earth trembled and shook.
The foundations of heaven began to shake.
They trembled because the Lord was angry.
9Smoke came out of his nose,
and burning fire came out of his mouth.
Burning coals went before him.
10He tore open the sky and came down
with dark clouds under his feet.
11He rode a creature with wings and flew.
He raced on the wings of the wind.
12He made darkness his shelter,
surrounded by fog and clouds.
13Out of the brightness of his presence
came flashes of lightning.
14The Lord thundered from heaven;
the Most High raised his voice.
15He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies.
His bolts of lightning confused them with fear.
16The Lord spoke strongly.
The wind blew from his nose.
Then the valleys of the sea appeared,
and the foundations of the earth were seen.
17“The Lord reached down from above and took me;
he pulled me from the deep water.
18He saved me from my powerful enemies,
from those who hated me, because they were too strong for me.
19They attacked me at my time of trouble,
but the Lord supported me.
20He took me to a safe place.
Because he delights in me, he saved me.
21“The Lord spared me because I did what was right.
Because I have not done evil, he has rewarded me.
22I have followed the ways of the Lord;
I have not done evil by turning from my God.
23I remember all his laws
and have not broken his rules.
24I am innocent before him;
I have kept myself from doing evil.
25The Lord rewarded me because I did what was right,
because I did what the Lord said was right.
26“Lord, you are loyal to those who are loyal,
and you are good to those who are good.
27You are pure to those who are pure,
but you are against those who are evil.
28You save the humble,
but you bring down those who are proud.
29Lord, you give light to my lamp.
The Lord brightens the darkness around me.
30With your help I can attack an army.
With God’s help I can jump over a wall.
31“The ways of God are without fault;
the Lord’s words are pure.
He is a shield to those who trust him.
32Who is God? Only the Lord.
Who is the Rock? Only our God.
33God is my protection.
He makes my way free from fault.
34He makes me like a deer that does not stumble;
he helps me stand on the steep mountains.
35He trains my hands for battle
so my arms can bend a bronze bow.
36You protect me with your saving shield.
You have stooped to make me great.
37You give me a better way to live,
so I live as you want me to.
38I chased my enemies and destroyed them.
I did not quit till they were destroyed.
39I destroyed and crushed them
so they couldn’t rise up again.
They fell beneath my feet.
40You gave me strength in battle.
You made my enemies bow before me.
41You made my enemies turn back,
and I destroyed those who hated me.
42They called for help,
but no one came to save them.
They called to the Lord,
but he did not answer them.
43I beat my enemies into pieces,
like dust on the ground.
I poured them out and walked on them
like mud in the streets.
44“You saved me when my people attacked me.
You kept me as the leader of nations.
People I never knew serve me.
45Foreigners obey me.
As soon as they hear me, they obey me.
46They all become afraid
and tremble in their hiding places.
47“The Lord lives!
May my Rock be praised!
Praise God, the Rock, who saves me!
48God gives me victory over my enemies
and brings people under my rule.
49He frees me from my enemies.
“You set me over those who hate me.
You saved me from violent people.
50So I will praise you, Lord, among the nations.
I will sing praises to your name.
51The Lord gives great victories to his king.
He is loyal to his appointed king,
to David and his descendants forever.”
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2 Samuel 22
22
David’s Song of Deliverance
Ps 18:1–50
1#Ex 15:1; Jdg 5:1Now on the day the Lord delivered him from the hand of all of his enemies and from the hand of Saul, David spoke to the Lord the words of this song. 2#Ps 31:3; 71:3He said:
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3#Ge 15:1; Ps 9:9 the God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
my shield and the horn of my salvation,
my fortress and my sanctuary;
my Savior, You save me from violence.
4#Ps 48:1; 96:4 I call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy,
and I am saved from my enemies.
5#Ps 69:14–15; Jnh 2:3 When the waves of death encompassedme,
the currents of destruction made me afraid.
6#Ps 116:3 The ropes of Sheol were wrapped aroundme;
the snares of death were opposite me.
7#Ps 116:4; 120:1 In my distress I called on the Lord,
and cried out to my God;
from His temple He heard my voice.
My cry reached His ears.
8#Jdg 5:4; Job 26:11 Then the earth quaked and trembled;
the foundations of the heavens rumbled and shook,
because He was angry.
9#Heb 12:29 Smoke rose from His nostrils,
devouring fire from His mouth;
coals blazed forth from Him.
10#1Ki 8:12; Ps 97:2 He bowed the heaven as He came down,
with thick darkness under His feet.
11#Ps 104:3 He rode upon a cherub as He flew,
and appeared upon the wings of the wind.
12#2Sa 22:10 He made darkness canopies around Him,
dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
13#2Sa 22:9 From the brightness before Him
embers of fire are kindled.
14#1Sa 2:10; Job 37:2–5 The Lord thundered from heaven,
and the Most High uttered His voice.
15#Dt 32:23; Jos 10:10 He sent out arrows and dispersed them;
with lightning He sent them into confusion.
16#Na 1:4 The channels of the sea appeared,
the foundations of the world were exposed
with the rebuke of the Lord,
from the blast of breath from His nostrils.
17#Ps 144:7 He reached from on high and took me;
He drew me out of mighty waters.
18He rescued me from my strong enemy,
from those who hate me;
for they were stronger than I.
19They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support.
20#2Sa 15:26; Ps 31:8 He brought me to the open expanse;
He rescued me, for He delighted inme.
21#1Sa 26:23; Ps 24:4 The Lord did for me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands He recompensed me.
22#Ge 18:19; Pr 8:32 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
and I have not become guilty against my God.
23#Ps 119:30; 119:102 For all His judgments are before me,
and I have not abandoned His statutes.
24#Ge 6:9; 17:1 I am blameless toward Him,
and I have kept myself from guilt.
25#2Sa 22:21 The Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
according to my cleanness in His sight.
26#Mt 5:7 With the faithful You prove Yourself faithful;
with the blameless You prove Yourself blameless;
27#Mt 5:8 with the pure You show Yourself pure;
but with the perverse You show Yourself shrewd.
28#Ps 72:12–13; Isa 5:15 You deliver a humble people;
but Your eyes are upon the exalted to bring them down.
29#Ps 27:1; Job 29:3 For You are my lamp, O Lord;
the Lord illuminates my darkness.
30For by You I can run over a channel;
by my God I can leap over a wall.
31#Dt 32:4; Pr 30:5 As for God, His way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield
for all who take refuge in Him.
32#1Sa 2:2 For who is God except the Lord?
And who is a rock except our God?
33God is my strong fortress,
and He sets the blameless on His way.
34#Dt 32:13; 2Sa 2:18 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet;
He sets me on my high places.
35#Ps 144:1 He trains my hand for battle,
so that my arm may bend a bow of bronze.
36#Eph 6:16 You have given me a shield of Your salvation,
and Your humility has made me great.
37#Pr 4:12 You widen my stride under me,
and my feet do stagger.
38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them;
I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39#Mal 4:3 I consumed them and shattered them so that they did not rise;
they fell under my feet.
40#Ps 44:5 You girded me with strength for the battle;
You subjugated under me those who rose up against me.
41#Ex 23:27; Jos 10:24 You caused my enemies to retreat from me;
I destroyed those who hated me.
42#Isa 1:15; 1Sa 28:6 They looked, but there was no one to save them,
to the Lord, but He did not respond.
43#Mic 7:10; Isa 10:6; 2Ki 13:7 I crushed them like the dust of the land,
like the mud of the streets, I ground them and stamped them down.
44#2Sa 8:1–14; Isa 55:5 You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people;
You have kept me as the head of the nations.
A people whom I have not known will serve me.
45#Ps 66:3; 81:15 Foreigners submit to me, cringing;
as soon as they hear, they obey me.
46#Mic 7:17 Foreigners lose heart;
they gird themselves as they leave their fortresses.
47#Ps 89:26 The Lord lives; blessed be my rock.
May the God of the rock of my salvation be exalted,
48#Ps 144:2; 94:1 the God who gave me retribution
and brought down peoples under me,
49#Ps 140:1 who brought me out from my enemies.
You exalted me above those who rose up against me;
You delivered me from violent ones.
50#Ro 15:9 Therefore, I praise You, O Lord, among the nations;
I sing praises to Your name.
51#Ps 144:10; 2Sa 7:12–13 He is a tower of salvation for His king,
and He acts faithfully toward His anointed,
toward David and his descendants forever.
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