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2 Samuel 22
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: [he is] my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; thou shalt save me from the unjust man.
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come into his ears.
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was wroth with them.
Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens (note: Most Hebrew sources; Vulgate, Syriac, and two Hebrew manuscripts (see also Psalm 18:7) mountains) trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared (note: Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Psalm 18:10); most Hebrew manuscripts He was seen) on the wings of the wind.
And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.
He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
From the brightness of His presence coals of fire (note: Or bolts of lightning) blazed forth.
The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger.
The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
Because I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.
So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight (note: Hebrew; LXX and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:24) according to the cleanness of my hands).
With the holy thou wilt be holy, and with the perfect man thou wilt be perfect,
To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
and with the excellent thou wilt be excellent, and with the froward thou wilt be froward.
to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
And thou wilt save the poor people, and wilt bring down the eyes of the haughty.
You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
For thou, Lord, [art] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
For by thee shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
As for the Mighty One, his way [is] blameless: the word of the Lord [is] strong [and] tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust in him.
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
[It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
God is my strong fortress, and He makes my way clear.
He makes my feet like harts' feet, and sets me upon the high places.
He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
And thou hast given me the shield of my salvation, and thy propitious dealing has increased me,
You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me (note: Or and Your help exalts me or and You stoop down to make me great).
so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
And thou hast caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and thou hast slain them.
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
And thou shalt deliver me from the striving of the peoples, thou shalt keep me [to be] the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.
You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they hearkened to me as soon as they heard.
Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding-places.
Foreigners lose heart and come trembling (note: Some LXX manuscripts and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:45); MT and arm themselves) from their strongholds.
The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
and bringing me out from my enemies: and thou shalt set me on high from among those that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver me from the violent man.
who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.
Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name (note: Cited in Romans 15:9).
He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”