2 Samuel 22
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1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this verse, in the day that the Lord freed him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
2 And he said: "The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.
3 I will hope in him. God is my strong one, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. He lifts me up, and he is my refreshment. You, O my Savior, will free me from iniquity.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies.
5 For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me.
6 The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me.
7 In my tribulation, I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry out to my God. And he will heed my voice from his temple, and my outcry will reach his ears.
8 The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them.
9 Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.
10 He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.
11 And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid upon the wings of the wind.
12 He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.
13 By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled.
14 The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice.
15 He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.
16 And the overflow of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the globe were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the exhale of the breath of his fury.
17 He sent from on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters.
18 He freed me from my most powerful enemy and from those who had hated me. For they were too strong for me.
19 He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.
20 And he led me out to a wide-open place. He freed me, because I was pleasing to him.
21 The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 For I have kept to the ways of the Lord, and I have not acted impiously before my God.
23 For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.
24 And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.
25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice, and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.
26 With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.
27 With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.
28 And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.
29 For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.
30 For in you, I will run girded. In my God, I will leap over the wall.
31 God, his way is immaculate; the eloquence of the Lord is an exacting fire. He is the shield of all who hope in him.
32 Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God?
33 God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:
34 making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places,
35 teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.
36 You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.
37 You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.
38 I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.
39 I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet.
40 You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.
41 You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me; they have hatred for me, and I shall destroy them.
42 They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them.
43 I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth. I will break them apart and crush them, like the mud of the streets.
44 You will save me from the contradictions of my people. You will preserve me to be the head of the Gentiles; a people I do not know shall serve me.
45 The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.
46 The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.
47 The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.
48 God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.
49 He leads me away from my enemies, and he lifts me up from those who resist me. You will free me from the iniquitous man.
50 Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name:
51 magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever."
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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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