2 Samuel 22
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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, 2and 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#22:6 Sheol is the place of the dead. 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.
13At 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?
33God 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.
43Then 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,
48even the God who executes vengeance for me,
who brings down peoples under me,
49who 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.”
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2 Samuel 22
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David’s Song of Thanksgiving
1David spoke the words of this song to the Lord on the day the Lord rescued him from the grasp of all his enemies and from the grasp of Saul. 2He said:#Ps 18:2–50
The Lord is my rock, my fortress,#Ps 31:3; 71:3 and my deliverer,
3my God,#22:3 LXX, Ps 18:2 read my God; MT reads God of my rock where I seek refuge.
My shield, the horn of my salvation,#Lk 1:69 my stronghold,#Ps 9:9; 59:9,16–17; 62:2,6 my refuge,#Ps 14:6; 71:7; Jr 16:19
and my Savior, you save me from violence.
4I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,#1Ch 16:25; Ps 48:1; 96:4
and I was saved from my enemies.
5For the waves of death engulfed me;#Ps 42:7; Jnh 2:3
the torrents of destruction terrified me.
6The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.#Ps 116:3
7I called to the Lord in my distress;
I called to my God.#Ps 116:4; 120:1; Jnh 2:2
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry for help reached his ears.
8Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the heavens#22:8 Some Hb mss, Syr, Vg read mountains; Ps 18:7 trembled;#Jdg 5:4; Ps 77:18; 97:4
they shook because he burned with anger.#Jb 26:11
9Smoke rose from his nostrils,
and consuming fire came from his mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.#22:9 Or him
10He bent the heavens and came down,#Ps 144:5; Is 64:1
total darkness beneath his feet.
11He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring#22:11 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss, Syr, Tg read he was seen on the wings of the wind.
12He made darkness a canopy around him,
a gathering#22:12 Or sieve, or mass; Hb obscure of water and thick clouds.#Ps 97:2
13From the radiance of his presence,
blazing coals were ignited.
14The Lord thundered from heaven;
the Most High made his voice heard.#Jb 37:4
15He shot arrows and scattered them;#Dt 32:23; Ps 7:13; 77:17; Hab 3:11
he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.#Ps 144:6
16The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed
at the rebuke of the Lord,
at the blast of the breath#Jb 4:9; Is 30:33 of his nostrils.#Ex 15:8
17He reached down from on high
and took hold of me;
he pulled me out of deep water.#Ps 144:7
18He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.
19They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
20He brought me out to a spacious place;#Ps 31:8; 118:5
he rescued me because he delighted in me.
21The Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness;#1Sm 26:23; 1Kg 8:32; Ps 7:8
he repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.#Ps 24:3–4
22For I have kept the ways of the Lord#Pr 8:32
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.
23Indeed, I let all his ordinances#Ps 119:30,102 guide me#22:23 Lit Indeed, all his ordinances have been in front of me
and have not disregarded his statutes.
24I was blameless before him
and kept myself from my iniquity.
25So the Lord repaid me
according to my righteousness,
according to my cleanness#22:25 LXX, Syr, Vg read to the cleanness of my hands; Ps 18:24 in his sight.
26With the faithful
you prove yourself faithful,
with the blameless
you prove yourself blameless,
27with the pure
you prove yourself pure,
but with the crooked
you prove yourself shrewd.
28You rescue an oppressed people,#Ps 72:12–13
but your eyes are set against the proud —
you humble them.#Is 2:11–12,17; Lk 1:51
29 Lord, you are my lamp;
the Lord illuminates my darkness.#Jb 29:3; Ps 27:1
30With you I can attack a barricade,#22:30 Or a ridge, or raiders
and with my God I can leap over a wall.#2Sm 5:6–9
31God — his way is perfect;#Dt 32:4
the word of the Lord is pure.#Ps 119:140
He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.
32For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is a rock? Only our God.
33God is my strong refuge;#22:33 DSS, some LXX mss, Syr, Vg read God clothes me with strength; Ps 18:32
he makes my way perfect.#22:33 Some LXX mss, Syr; MT reads he sets free the blameless his way; Hb obscure
34He makes my feet like the feet of a deer
and sets me securely on the#22:34 LXX; some Hb mss read my; other Hb mss read his heights.#22:34 Or on my high places
35He trains my hands for war;#Ps 144:1
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36You have given me the shield of your salvation;#Eph 6:16–17
your help#22:36 LXX reads humility; Ps 18:35 exalts me.
37You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps,
and my ankles do not give way.
38I pursue my enemies and destroy them;
I do not turn back until they are wiped out.
39I wipe them out and crush them,
and they do not rise;
they fall beneath my feet.
40You have clothed me with strength for battle;
you subdue my adversaries beneath me.#Ps 44:5
41You have made my enemies retreat before me;#22:41 Lit you gave me the neck of my enemies
I annihilate those who hate me.
42They look, but there is no one to save them —
they look to the Lord, but he does not answer them.#1Sm 28:6; Pr 1:28
43I pulverize them like dust of the earth;
I crush them and trample them like mud in the streets.#Is 10:6; Mc 7:10; Zch 10:5
44You have freed me from the feuds among my people;#2Sm 2:8–10; 15:1–6; 20:1–2
you have preserved me as head of nations;
a people I had not known serve me.#2Sm 8:1–14; Is 55:5
45Foreigners submit to me cringing;
as soon as they hear, they obey me.
46Foreigners lose heart
and come trembling from their fortifications.#Mc 7:17
47The Lord lives — blessed be my rock!
God, the rock of my salvation,#Ps 89:26; 95:1 is exalted.
48God — he grants me vengeance
and casts down peoples under me.#Ps 144:2
49He frees me from my enemies.
You exalt me above my adversaries;
you rescue me from violent men.#Ps 140:1
50Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, Lord;
I will sing praises about your name.#Rm 15:9
51He is a tower of salvation for#22:51 DSS read he gives great victory to his king;
he shows loyalty to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.#2Sm 7:12–16; Lk 1:55
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