2 Samuel 22
22
David's Song of Victory
(Ps 18)
1When the LORD saved David from Saul and his other enemies, David sang this song to the LORD:
2The LORD is my protector;
he is my strong fortress.
3My God is my protection,
and with him I am safe.
He protects me like a shield;
he defends me and keeps me safe.
He is my saviour;
he protects me and saves me from violence.
4I call to the LORD,
and he saves me from my enemies.
Praise the LORD!
5The waves of death were all round me;
the waves of destruction rolled over me.
6The danger of death was round me,
and the grave set its trap for me.
7In my trouble I called to the LORD;
I called to my God for help.
In his temple he heard my voice;
he listened to my cry for help.
8Then the earth trembled and shook;
the foundations of the sky rocked and quivered
because God was angry!
9Smoke poured out of his nostrils,
a consuming flame and burning coals from his mouth.
10He tore the sky apart and came down,
with a dark cloud under his feet.
11He flew swiftly on his winged creature;#22.11 winged creature: See Word List.
he travelled on the wings of the wind.
12He covered himself with darkness;
thick clouds, full of#22.12 Some ancient translations (and see Ps 18.11) full of; Hebrew unclear. water, surrounded him;
13burning coals flamed up from the lightning before him.
14Then the LORD thundered from the sky,
and the voice of Almighty God was heard.
15He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies;
with flashes of lightning he sent them running.
16The floor of the ocean was laid bare,
and the foundations of the earth were uncovered
when the LORD rebuked his enemies
and roared at them in anger.
17The LORD reached down from above and took hold of me;
he pulled me out of the deep waters.
18He rescued me from my powerful enemies
and from all those who hate me —
they were too strong for me.
19When I was in trouble, they attacked me,
but the LORD protected me.
20He helped me out of danger;
he saved me because he was pleased with me.
21The LORD rewards me because I do what is right;
he blesses me because I am innocent.
22I have obeyed the law of the LORD;
I have not turned away from my God.
23I have observed all his laws;
I have not disobeyed his commands.
24He knows that I am faultless,
that I have kept myself from doing wrong.
25And so he rewards me because I do what is right,
because he knows that I am innocent.
26O LORD, you are faithful to those who are faithful to you,
and completely good to those#22.26 Probable text (see Ps 18.25) those; Hebrew the strong. who are perfect.
27You are pure to those who are pure,
but hostile to those who are wicked.
28You save those who are humble,
but you humble those who are proud.
29You, LORD, are my light;
you dispel my darkness.
30You give me strength to attack my enemies
and power to overcome their defences.
31This God — how perfect are his deeds,
how dependable his words!
He is like a shield
for all who seek his protection.
32The LORD alone is God;
God alone is our defence.
33This God is my strong refuge;
he makes#22.33 Probable text (see Ps 18.32) he makes; Hebrew unclear. my pathway safe.
34 #
Hab 3.19
He makes me sure-footed as a deer;
he keeps me safe on the mountains.
35He trains me for battle,
so that I can use the strongest bow.
36O LORD, you protect me and save me;
your help has made me great.
37You have kept me from being captured,
and I have never fallen.
38I pursue my enemies and defeat them;
I do not stop until I destroy them.
39I strike them down, and they cannot rise;
they lie defeated before me.
40You give me strength for the battle
and victory over my enemies.
41You make my enemies run from me;
I destroy those who hate me.
42They look for help, but no one saves them;
they call to the LORD, but he does not answer.
43I crush them, and they become like dust;
I trample on them like mud in the streets.
44You saved me from my rebellious people
and maintained my rule over the nations;
people I did not know have now become my subjects.
45Foreigners bow before me;
when they hear me, they obey.
46They lose their courage
and come trembling#22.46 Probable text (see Ps 18.45) come trembling; Hebrew come ready to fight. from their fortresses.
47The LORD lives! Praise my defender!
Proclaim the greatness of the strong God who saves me!
48He gives me victory over my enemies;
he subdues the nations under me
49and saves me from my foes.
O LORD, you give me victory over my enemies
and protect me from violent men.
50 #
Rom 15.9
And so I praise you among the nations;
I sing praises to you.
51God gives great victories to his king;
he shows constant love to the one he has chosen,
to David and his descendants for ever.
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2 Samuel 22
22
Hymn of Praise
1And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had 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, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3The God of my rock; in him will I trust:
He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge,
My saviour; thou savest me from violence.
4I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:
So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5When the waves of death compassed me,
The floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6The sorrows of hell compassed me about;
The snares of death prevented me;
7In my distress I called upon the LORD,
And cried to my God:
And he did hear my voice out of his temple,
And my cry did enter into his ears.
8Then the earth shook and trembled;
The foundations of heaven moved
And shook, because he was wroth.
9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
And fire out of his mouth devoured:
Coals were kindled by it.
10He bowed the heavens also, and came down;
And darkness was under his feet.
11And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly:
And he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12And he made darkness pavilions round about him,
Dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
13Through the brightness before him
Were coals of fire kindled.
14The LORD thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered his voice.
15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them;
Lightning, and discomfited them.
16And the channels of the sea appeared,
The foundations of the world were discovered,
At the rebuking of the LORD,
At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17He sent from above, he took me;
He drew me out of many waters;
18He delivered me from my strong enemy,
And from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19They prevented me in the day of my calamity:
But the LORD was my stay.
20He brought me forth also into a large place:
He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness:
According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22For I have kept the ways of the LORD,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
23For all his judgments were before me:
And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24I was also upright before him,
And have kept myself from mine iniquity.
25Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness;
According to my cleanness in his eye sight.
26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful,
And with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure;
And with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
28And the afflicted people thou wilt save:
But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
29For thou art my lamp, O LORD:
And the LORD will lighten my darkness.
30For by thee I have run through a troop:
By my God have I leaped over a wall.
31 As for God, his way is perfect;
The word of the LORD is tried:
He is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
32For who is God, save the LORD?
And who is a rock, save our God?
33God is my strength and power:
And he maketh my way perfect.
34He maketh my feet like hinds' feet:
And setteth me upon my high places.
35He teacheth my hands to war;
So that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation:
And thy gentleness hath made me great.
37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me;
So that my feet did not slip.
38I have pursued mine enemies, 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:
Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle:
Them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies,
That I might destroy them that hate me.
42They looked, but there was none to save;
Even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
43Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth,
I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,
Thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen:
A people which I knew not shall serve me.
45Strangers shall submit themselves unto me:
As soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
46Strangers shall fade away,
And they shall be afraid out of their close places.
47The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock;
And exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
48It is God that avengeth me,
And that bringeth down the people under me,
49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies:
Thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me:
Thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
50Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen,
And I will sing praises unto thy name.
51 He is the tower of salvation for his king:
And sheweth mercy to his anointed,
Unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
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