2 Samuel 22
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1David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul, 2and he said:
“Yahweh is my rock,
my fortress,
and my deliverer, even mine;
3God 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.
4I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
5For the waves of death surrounded me.
The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
6The cords of Sheol#22:6 Sheol is the place of the dead. were around me.
The snares of death caught me.
7In my distress, I called on Yahweh.
Yes, I called to my God.
He heard my voice out of his temple.
My cry came into his ears.
8Then the earth shook and trembled.
The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken,
because he was angry.
9Smoke went up out of his nostrils.
Consuming fire came out of his mouth.
Coals were kindled by it.
10He bowed the heavens also, and came down.
Thick darkness was under his feet.
11He rode on a cherub, and flew.
Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind.
12He 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.
14Yahweh thundered from heaven.
The Most High uttered his voice.
15He sent out arrows and scattered them,
lightning and confused them.
16Then the channels of the sea appeared.
The foundations of the world were laid bare by Yahweh’s rebuke,
at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17He sent from on high and he took me.
He drew me out of many waters.
18He delivered me from my strong enemy,
from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19They came on me in the day of my calamity,
but Yahweh was my support.
20He also brought me out into a large place.
He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness.
He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22For I have kept Yahweh’s ways,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23For all his ordinances were before me.
As for his statutes, I didn’t depart from them.
24I was also perfect toward him.
I kept myself from my iniquity.
25Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
26With the merciful you will show yourself merciful.
With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.
27With the pure you will show yourself pure.
With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
28You will save the afflicted people,
but your eyes are on the arrogant, that you may bring them down.
29For you are my lamp, Yahweh.
Yahweh will light up my darkness.
30For by you, I run against a troop.
By my God, I leap over a wall.
31As for God, his way is perfect.
Yahweh’s word is tested.
He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
32For who is God, besides Yahweh?
Who is a rock, besides our God?
33God is my strong fortress.
He makes my way perfect.
34He makes his feet like hinds’ feet,
and sets me on my high places.
35He teaches my hands to war,
so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
36You have also given me the shield of your salvation.
Your gentleness has made me great.
37You have enlarged my steps under me.
My feet have not slipped.
38I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them.
I didn’t turn again until they were consumed.
39I have consumed them,
and struck them through,
so that they can’t arise.
Yes, they have fallen under my feet.
40For you have armed me with strength for the battle.
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
41You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
that I might cut off those who hate me.
42They looked, but there was no one to save;
even to Yahweh, 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.
44You 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.
45The foreigners will submit themselves to me.
As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me.
46The foreigners will fade away,
and will come trembling out of their close places.
47Yahweh 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.
50Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations,
and will sing praises to your name.
51He 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 Praise
1David 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. 2He said:
“The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
3my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield#22:3 Or sovereign and the horn#22:3 Horn here symbolizes strength. of my salvation.
He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior—
from violent people you save me.
4“I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and have been saved from my enemies.
5The waves of death swirled about me;
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
6The cords of the grave coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.
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.
8The earth trembled and quaked,
the foundations of the heavens#22:8 Hebrew; Vulgate and Syriac (see also Psalm 18:7) mountains shook;
they trembled because he was angry.
9Smoke rose from his nostrils;
consuming fire came from his mouth,
burning coals blazed out of it.
10He parted the heavens and came down;
dark clouds were under his feet.
11He mounted the cherubim and flew;
he soared#22:11 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Psalm 18:10); most Hebrew manuscripts appeared on the wings of the wind.
12He made darkness his canopy around him—
the dark#22:12 Septuagint (see also Psalm 18:11); Hebrew massed rain clouds of the sky.
13Out of the brightness of his presence
bolts of lightning blazed forth.
14The Lord thundered from heaven;
the voice of the Most High resounded.
15He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy,
with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
16The 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 reached down from on high and took hold of me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
18He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.
19They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support.
20He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.
21“The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
22For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
I am not guilty of turning from my God.
23All his laws are before me;
I have not turned away from his decrees.
24I have been blameless before him
and have kept myself from sin.
25The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to my cleanness#22:25 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:24) to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
26“To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
27to the pure you show yourself pure,
but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
28You save the humble,
but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
29You, Lord, are my lamp;
the Lord turns my darkness into light.
30With your help I can advance against a troop#22:30 Or can run through a barricade;
with my God I can scale a wall.
31“As for God, his way is perfect:
The Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him.
32For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God?
33It is God who arms me with strength#22:33 Dead Sea Scrolls, some Septuagint manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Psalm 18:32); Masoretic Text who is my strong refuge
and keeps my way secure.
34He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;
he causes me to stand on the heights.
35He trains my hands for battle;
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36You make your saving help my shield;
your help has made#22:36 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text shield; / you stoop down to make me great.
37You provide a broad path for my feet,
so that my ankles do not give way.
38“I pursued my enemies and crushed them;
I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
39I crushed them completely, and they could not rise;
they fell beneath my feet.
40You armed me with strength for battle;
you humbled my adversaries before me.
41You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,
and I destroyed my foes.
42They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
to the Lord, but he did not answer.
43I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth;
I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.
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,
45foreigners cower before me;
as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
46They all lose heart;
they come trembling#22:46 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:45); Masoretic Text they arm themselves from their strongholds.
47“The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!
48He is the God who avenges me,
who puts the nations under me,
49who sets me free from my enemies.
You exalted me above my foes;
from a violent man you rescued me.
50Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing the praises of your name.
51“He gives his king great victories;
he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.”
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