2SAM 22:1 And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2SAM 22:2 and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
2SAM 22:3 God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
2SAM 22:4 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
2SAM 22:5 For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
2SAM 22:6 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
2SAM 22:7 In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry `came' into his ears.
2SAM 22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
2SAM 22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
2SAM 22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
2SAM 22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
2SAM 22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
2SAM 22:13 At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.
2SAM 22:14 Jehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.
2SAM 22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.
2SAM 22:16 Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
2SAM 22:17 He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
2SAM 22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
2SAM 22:19 They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
2SAM 22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
2SAM 22:21 Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
2SAM 22:22 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
2SAM 22:23 For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
2SAM 22:24 I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
2SAM 22:25 Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
2SAM 22:26 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
2SAM 22:27 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
2SAM 22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
2SAM 22:29 For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.
2SAM 22:30 For by thee I run upon a troop; By my God do I leap over a wall.
2SAM 22:31 As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
2SAM 22:32 For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?
2SAM 22:33 God is my strong fortress; And he guideth the perfect in his way.
2SAM 22:34 He maketh his feet like hinds' `feet', And setteth me upon my high places.
2SAM 22:35 He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
2SAM 22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy gentleness hath made me great.
2SAM 22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.
2SAM 22:38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
2SAM 22:39 And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise: Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
2SAM 22:40 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
2SAM 22:41 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
2SAM 22:42 They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
2SAM 22:43 Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
2SAM 22:44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
2SAM 22:45 The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.
2SAM 22:46 The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
2SAM 22:47 Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
2SAM 22:48 Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And that bringeth down peoples under me,
2SAM 22:49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
2SAM 22:50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name.
2SAM 22:51 Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.