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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Shmuel Bais 22
22
1And Dovid spoke unto Hashem the devarim of this shirah (song) in the day that Hashem had delivered him out of the palm of all his oyevim (enemies) and out of the palm of Sha'ul:
2And he said, Hashem is my rock, and my matzadah, and my deliverer;
3The Elohei (G-d of) my Tzur; in Him will I trust; He is my mogen, and the keren of my Salvation, my stronghold, and my refuge, my Moshia; Thou savest me from chamas.
4I will call on Hashem, Who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my oyevim.
5When the waves of mavet (death) compassed me, the floods of scoundrels overwhelm me;
6The chevlei Sheol (cords of Sheol) encompassed me; the snares of mavet confronted me;
7In my distress I called upon Hashem, and cried to Elohai; and He did hear my voice out of His Heikhal, and my cry did enter into His oznayim.
8Then ha'aretz shook and trembled; the mosedot (foundations) of Shomayim moved and shook, because He was in wrath.
9There went up an ashan (smoke) out of His nostrils, and eish out of His peh (mouth) devoured; coals were kindled by it.
10He bowed HaShomayim also, and came down; and a dark cloud was under His raglayim.
11And He rode upon a keruv, and did fly; and He was seen upon the wings of the ruach.
12And He made choshech sukkot round about Him, dark mayim, and thick clouds of the skies.
13Through the radiant brightness before Him were coals of eish kindled.
14 Hashem thundered from Shomayim, and Elyon uttered His voice.
15He sent out khitzim, and scattered them; lightning, and vanquished them.
16And the channels of the yam appeared, the mosedot (foundations) of the tevel (world) were uncovered, at the rebuking of Hashem, at the blast of the ruach of His nostrils.
17He sent from on High, He took me; He drew me out of mayim rabbim;
18He delivered me from my strong oyev, and from them that hated me; for they were too strong for me.
19They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but Hashem was my support.
20He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because chafetz (He delighted) in me.
21 Hashem rewarded me according to my tzedakah; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
22For I have been shomer over the drakhei Hashem, and have not wickedly departed from Elohai.#22:22 See Ac 21:21
23For all His mishpatim were before me; as for His chukkot, I did not depart from them.
24I was also tamim (blameless) before Him, and have kept myself from mine avon (iniquity).
25Therefore Hashem hath rewarded me according to my tzedakah; according to my cleanness before His eyesight.
26With the chasid (loyal, the one having chesed, the devout one) Thou wilt show Thyself loyal, and with the Gibbor tamim (blameless man) Thou wilt show Thyself blameless.
27With the pure Thou wilt show Thyself pure; and with the ikkesh (crooked, devious) Thou wilt show Thyself shrewd.
28And the Am oni (afflicted people) Thou wilt save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest bring them down.
29For Thou art my ner (lamp), Hashem; and Hashem will lighten my choshech.
30For by Thee I have run through a troop; by Elohai can I leap over a wall.
31As for G-d, His derech is tamim; the Word of Hashem is proven; He is a mogen (shield) to all them that trust in Him.
32For who is G-d, save Hashem? And who is Tzur, save Eloheinu?
33G-d is my ma'oz and power; and He maketh my derech perfect.
34He maketh my feet like the feet of ayyalot (deer); and maketh me stand upon my high places.
35He teacheth my yadayim for milchamah; so that a keshet nechoshah is bent by mine arms.
36Thou hast also given me the mogen of Thy Salvation; and hath stooped down to make me great.
37Thou hast enlarged my stride under me; so that my karsulayim do not slip.
38I have pursued mine oyevim, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
39And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise; indeed, they are fallen under my raglayim.
40For Thou hast girded me with chayil (strength) for milchamah (battle); them that rose up against me hast Thou caused to bow down under me.
41Thou hast also given me victory over the necks of mine oyevim, that I might destroy them that hate me.
42They looked, but there was no moshia; even unto Hashem, but He answered them not.
43Then did I beat them as small as the aphar of eretz, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did scatter them abroad.
44Thou also hast delivered me from the contentions of my people, Thou hast kept me to be Rosh of the Goyim; a people which I knew not shall serve me.#22:44 Mt 28:19
45Foreigners shall submit themselves unto me; as soon as they hear, they shall be mishma'at (obedient) unto me.
46Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their misgerot (strongholds).
47 Hashem liveth; and baruch be my Tzur; and exalted be the Elohei Tzur of my Salvation.
48It is G-d that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the nations under me.
49And that bringeth me forth from mine oyevim; Thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me; Thou hast delivered me from the ish chamasim.
50Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, Hashem, among the Goyim, and I will sing praises unto Shimecha (Thy Name).
51He is the migdal Yeshu'ot for His melech; and showeth chesed to His Moshiach, unto Dovid, and to his zera ad-olam.
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