II Samuel 22

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 he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

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 on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

⁵When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

⁶The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

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.

⁸Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

⁹There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

¹⁰He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

¹¹And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

¹²And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

¹³Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

¹⁴The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

¹⁵And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

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, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

¹⁸He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

¹⁹They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

²⁰He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

²¹The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

²²For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

²³For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

²⁴I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁵Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

²⁶With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

²⁷With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

²⁸And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

²⁹For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.

³⁰For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.

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.

³²For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?

³³God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

³⁴He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.

³⁵He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

³⁶Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.

³⁷Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

³⁸I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

³⁹And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

⁴⁰For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

⁴¹Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

⁴²They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

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.

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.

⁴⁵Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

⁴⁶Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

⁴⁷The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

⁴⁸It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

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 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

⁵¹He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

II Samuel 22

¹And 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.

²He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

³My 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.

⁴I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

⁵For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

⁶The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

⁷In 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.

⁸Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

⁹Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

¹⁰He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

¹¹He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

¹²He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

¹³From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.

¹⁴The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

¹⁵He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

¹⁶The 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.

¹⁷He 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 foes too mighty for me.

¹⁹They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.

²⁰He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

²¹The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

²²For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

²³For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

²⁴And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

²⁵So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.

²⁶To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

²⁷to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

²⁸You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

²⁹For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.

³⁰For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.

³¹As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

³²For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

³³God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.

³⁴He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.

³⁵He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁶You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

³⁷You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

³⁸I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

³⁹I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

⁴⁰You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

⁴¹You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.

⁴²They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.

⁴³I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

⁴⁴You 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.

⁴⁵Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.

⁴⁶Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

⁴⁷The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—

⁴⁸the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,

⁴⁹who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.

⁵⁰Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.

⁵¹Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”