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 this song to the Lord when the Lord saved him from Saul and all his other enemies. 2He said:
“The Lord is my rock, my fortress, my Savior.
3My God is my rock.
I can run to him for safety.
He is my shield and my saving strength,
my defender and my place of safety.
The Lord saves me from those who want to harm me.
4I will call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I will be saved from my enemies.
5“The waves of death came around me;
the deadly rivers overwhelmed me.
6The ropes of death wrapped around me.
The traps of death were before me.
7In my trouble I called to the Lord;
I cried out to my God.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my call for help reached his ears.
8“The earth trembled and shook.
The foundations of heaven began to shake.
They trembled because the Lord was angry.
9Smoke came out of his nose,
and burning fire came out of his mouth.
Burning coals went before him.
10He tore open the sky and came down
with dark clouds under his feet.
11He rode a creature with wings and flew.
He raced on the wings of the wind.
12He made darkness his shelter,
surrounded by fog and clouds.
13Out of the brightness of his presence
came flashes of lightning.
14The Lord thundered from heaven;
the Most High raised his voice.
15He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies.
His bolts of lightning confused them with fear.
16The Lord spoke strongly.
The wind blew from his nose.
Then the valleys of the sea appeared,
and the foundations of the earth were seen.
17“The Lord reached down from above and took me;
he pulled me from the deep water.
18He saved me from my powerful enemies,
from those who hated me, because they were too strong for me.
19They attacked me at my time of trouble,
but the Lord supported me.
20He took me to a safe place.
Because he delights in me, he saved me.
21“The Lord spared me because I did what was right.
Because I have not done evil, he has rewarded me.
22I have followed the ways of the Lord;
I have not done evil by turning from my God.
23I remember all his laws
and have not broken his rules.
24I am innocent before him;
I have kept myself from doing evil.
25The Lord rewarded me because I did what was right,
because I did what the Lord said was right.
26“Lord, you are loyal to those who are loyal,
and you are good to those who are good.
27You are pure to those who are pure,
but you are against those who are evil.
28You save the humble,
but you bring down those who are proud.
29Lord, you give light to my lamp.
The Lord brightens the darkness around me.
30With your help I can attack an army.
With God’s help I can jump over a wall.
31“The ways of God are without fault;
the Lord’s words are pure.
He is a shield to those who trust him.
32Who is God? Only the Lord.
Who is the Rock? Only our God.
33God is my protection.
He makes my way free from fault.
34He makes me like a deer that does not stumble;
he helps me stand on the steep mountains.
35He trains my hands for battle
so my arms can bend a bronze bow.
36You protect me with your saving shield.
You have stooped to make me great.
37You give me a better way to live,
so I live as you want me to.
38I chased my enemies and destroyed them.
I did not quit till they were destroyed.
39I destroyed and crushed them
so they couldn’t rise up again.
They fell beneath my feet.
40You gave me strength in battle.
You made my enemies bow before me.
41You made my enemies turn back,
and I destroyed those who hated me.
42They called for help,
but no one came to save them.
They called to the Lord,
but he did not answer them.
43I beat my enemies into pieces,
like dust on the ground.
I poured them out and walked on them
like mud in the streets.
44“You saved me when my people attacked me.
You kept me as the leader of nations.
People I never knew serve me.
45Foreigners obey me.
As soon as they hear me, they obey me.
46They all become afraid
and tremble in their hiding places.
47“The Lord lives!
May my Rock be praised!
Praise God, the Rock, who saves me!
48God gives me victory over my enemies
and brings people under my rule.
49He frees me from my enemies.
“You set me over those who hate me.
You saved me from violent people.
50So I will praise you, Lord, among the nations.
I will sing praises to your name.
51The Lord gives great victories to his king.
He is loyal to his appointed king,
to David and his descendants forever.”
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