2 Samuel 22
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Chapter 22
David sings to praise God #22:1 See Psalms 18.
1David wrote this song when the Lord saved him from the power of his enemies when Saul was king.
2This is what he sang:
‘The Lord keeps me safe.
He is my great rock and my strong place.
3My God is my high rock.
I run to him to hide and be safe.
He keeps me safe like a soldier's shield.
He is the strong place where I can hide safely.
God, you have saved me from men who want to attack me.
4I praise the Lord because he deserves it!
When I called to him for help,
he saved me from my enemies.
5Death was near enough to catch me!
Danger was like a river that wanted to drown me.
6Death was tying me up with ropes,
to pull me into the deep hole of the grave.
7In my trouble I prayed to the Lord.
I called to my God to help me.
He heard my voice from his home in heaven.
My prayer reached his ears.
8Then the earth moved and it shook.
Even the sky shook,
because God was angry.
9He breathed out smoke from his nose.
Fire and hot coals came out from his mouth,
to destroy his enemies.
10God caused the sky to bend as he came down.
Dark clouds were under his feet.
11He sat on a cherub and he flew.
He flew like the wind.
12God put darkness all round him.
He hid himself under dark clouds that held rain.
13Bright light went in front of him.
There was lightning like hot coals!
14The Lord sent thunder from the sky.
People everywhere heard the voice of the Most High God.
15The Lord shot arrows of lightning.
He caused his enemies to run away.
16When the Lord shouted against his enemies,
even the bottom of the deep sea appeared.
People could see the deepest places of the earth,
when he breathed out in anger.
17The Lord reached down to me from above.
He took hold of me and he pulled me up out of the deep water.
18Yes, he saved me from my powerful enemies.
The people who hated me were too strong for me,
but the Lord saved me from their power.
19They attacked me when I was in trouble,
but the Lord helped me.
20He led me out to an open place where I would be safe.
He saved me because I made him happy.
21The Lord was kind to me
because I do things that please him.
He blesses me
because I am not guilty of bad things.
22I have obeyed the Lord's commands.
I have not turned against my God.
23I understand all his rules,
and I do not refuse to obey them.
24He knows that I have done nothing that is wrong.
I kept away from any sin.
25The Lord was kind to me,
because I did good things.
He sees that I am not guilty.
26 Lord, if people are faithful to you,
then you are faithful to them.
If people do nothing that is bad,
they can trust you to do nothing bad to them.
27If people keep themselves pure,
they can trust you to do only good things.
But if people are wicked,
you turn against them.
28You save people who are humble.
But if people are proud, you cause them to fall.
29 Lord, you make my lamp burn brightly.
You are my light in the dark.
30You make me strong,
so that I can chase a whole army!
With the help of my God,
I can climb over any high wall.
31God's way is perfect.
The Lord's promises are always true.
He keeps safe everyone who goes to him for help,
like a shield that keeps a soldier safe.
32We know that the Lord is God,
and no one else.
Only our God can keep us safe,
like a strong rock!
33It is God who makes me strong.
He shows me the safe way through my life.
34He makes my feet stand strongly on the ground.
Like a deer,
I can stand on high hills and not fall.
35He teaches me how to fight in war.
He makes my arms strong
to shoot arrows from a metal bow.
36You keep me safe in the battle,
like a shield.
Your kind help has made me great.
37You have helped me to move safely,
so that my feet do not slip.
38I ran after my enemies and I destroyed them.
I did not turn back until I had killed them.
39I destroyed them completely.
I knocked them down to the ground.
They could not get up again.
They fell under my feet.
40You have made me strong to fight battles
so that I win against my enemies.
41You caused my enemies to turn their backs,
and they ran away from me.
I destroyed those who hate me.
42They called out for help,
but nobody was there to save them.
They called to the Lord,
but he did not answer them.
43I beat them until they became like dust.
I walked over them,
like dirt that lies on the streets.
44You have saved me when my people were attacking me.
You have made me a ruler of other nations.
People that I did not know before
now serve me as their ruler.
45Foreign people cannot stand against me,
because they are afraid.
When they hear about me,
they choose to obey me.
46They are not brave enough to fight me.
They shake with fear
as they leave their strong cities.
47The Lord is alive! He is my strong Rock!
Everyone should praise him!
He rules as king!
He is the strong God who saves me.
48He is the true God who punishes my enemies.
He makes the nations obey me.
49He is the one who saves me from my enemies.
Yes, God, you give me power
to win against those who attack me.
You keep me safe from angry and cruel men.
50 Lord, I will thank you,
so that all the nations know about you.
I will sing to praise your name.
51Yes, the Lord gives power to me, David, his king.
He gives me great strength to win against my enemies.
I am the special king that he has chosen.
He will continue to be kind to me
and to my descendants for ever.’
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