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2 Samuel 22
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered 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.
God is my rock in whom I take refuge;
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 call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised;
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
For the waves of death surrounded me.
For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
The cords of Sheol were around me.
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
In my distress, I called on the LORD.
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.
Then the earth shook and trembled.
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.
Smoke went up out of his nostrils.
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down.
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
He rode on a cherub, and flew.
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.
He made darkness a shelter around himself,
He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
At the brightness before him,
From the brightness of His presence coals of fire (note: Or bolts of lightning) blazed forth.
The LORD thundered from heaven.
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
He sent out arrows and scattered them,
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
Then the channels of the sea appeared.
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 on high and he took me.
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
He delivered me from my strong enemy,
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
They came on me in the day of my calamity,
They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
He also brought me out into a large place.
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness.
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
For I have kept the LORD’s ways,
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his ordinances were before me.
For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
I was also perfect towards him.
And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
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 merciful you will show yourself merciful.
To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
With the pure you will show yourself pure.
to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
You will save the afflicted people,
You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
For by you, I run against a troop.
For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
As for God, his way is perfect.
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.
For who is God, besides the LORD?
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
He makes his feet like hinds’ feet,
He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
You have also given me the shield of your salvation.
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).
You have enlarged my steps under me.
You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them.
I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
I have consumed them,
I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
For you have armed me with strength for the battle.
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
They looked, but there was no one to save;
They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth.
I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people.
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 foreigners will submit themselves to me.
Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
The foreigners will fade away,
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!
The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
even the God who executes vengeance for me,
the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
who brings me away from my enemies.
who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
Therefore I will give thanks to you, LORD, amongst the nations,
Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name (note: Cited in Romans 15:9).
He gives great deliverance to his king,
Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”