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2 Samuel 22
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1And 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.
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 the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
2And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3my 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; you shall save me from the unjust man.
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 upon the Lordwho is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
4I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.
6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
7When 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.
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.
8And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was angry with them.
8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
9There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
10And he bowed the heavens , and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
11And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.
11And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12And 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.
12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
13At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
13Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
14The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
14The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger.
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 and took me; he drew me out of many waters.
17He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
18He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
18He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
19They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
20And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
20He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
21The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
22For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
23For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
24I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
25And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye -sight.
25Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
26With the holy you will be holy, and with the perfect man you will be perfect,
26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
27and with the excellent you will be excellent, and with the froward you will be froward.
27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
28And you will save the poor people, and will bring down the eyes of the haughty.
28And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
29For you, Lord, [are] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
29For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
30For by you shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
30For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
31As 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.
31As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
32Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
32For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?
33[It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
33God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
34He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places.
34He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
35He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
36And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me,
36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
37so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
38I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
39And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
39And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40And you shall strengthen me with power for the war; you shall cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
41And you have caused my enemies to flee before me , even them that hated me, and you have slain them.
41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
42They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them .
42They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
43And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
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.
44And you shall deliver me from the striving of the peoples, you shall keep me [to be] the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.
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.
45The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they listened to me as soon as they heard.
45Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
46The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
46Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
47The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
47The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
48The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
48It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
49and bringing me out from my enemies: and you shall set me on high from among those that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the violent man.
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 will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
50Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
51He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for Davidand for his seed for ever.
51He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.