2 Samuel 22:1
And David spoke to 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:
2 Samuel 22:2
And he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine.
2 Samuel 22:3
God, my rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. Thou save me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:4
I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised. So I shall be saved from my enemies.
2 Samuel 22:5
For the waves of death encompassed me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
2 Samuel 22:6
The cords of Sheol were round about me. The snares of death came upon me.
2 Samuel 22:7
In my distress I called upon Jehovah. Yea, I called to my God. And he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came into his ears.
2 Samuel 22:8
Then the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
2 Samuel 22:9
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
2 Samuel 22:10
He bowed the heavens also, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
2 Samuel 22:11
And he rode upon a cherub, and flew. Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
2 Samuel 22:12
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
2 Samuel 22:13
At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
2 Samuel 22:14
Jehovah thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
2 Samuel 22:15
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them, lightning, and discomfited them.
2 Samuel 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.
2 Samuel 22:17
He sent from on high, he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
2 Samuel 22:18
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
2 Samuel 22:19
They came upon me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my support.
2 Samuel 22:20
He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
2 Samuel 22:21
Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
2 Samuel 22:22
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
2 Samuel 22:23
For all his ordinances were before me. And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
2 Samuel 22:24
I was also perfect toward him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
2 Samuel 22:25
Therefore Jehovah has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his eyesight.
2 Samuel 22:26
With the merciful thou will show thyself merciful. With the perfect man thou will show thyself perfect.
2 Samuel 22:27
With the pure thou will show thyself pure. And with the perverse thou will show thyself contrary.
2 Samuel 22:28
And the afflicted people thou will save, but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou may bring them down.
2 Samuel 22:29
For thou are my lamp, O Jehovah. And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.
2 Samuel 22:30
For by thee I run upon a troop. By my God do I leap over a wall.
2 Samuel 22:31
As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Jehovah is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
2 Samuel 22:32
For who is God, except Jehovah? And who is a rock, except our God?
2 Samuel 22:33
God is my strong fortress, and he guides the perfect in his way.
2 Samuel 22:34
He makes his feet like hinds' feet, and sets me upon my high places.
2 Samuel 22:35
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
2 Samuel 22:36
Thou have also given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy gentleness has made me great.
2 Samuel 22:37
Thou have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
2 Samuel 22:38
I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them, neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
2 Samuel 22:39
And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise. Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
2 Samuel 22:40
For thou have girded me with strength to the battle. Thou have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
2 Samuel 22:41
Thou have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
2 Samuel 22:42
They looked, but there was none to save; even to Jehovah, but he did not answer them.
2 Samuel 22:43
Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
2 Samuel 22:44
Thou have also delivered me from the strivings of my people. Thou have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
2 Samuel 22:45
The foreigners shall submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.
2 Samuel 22:46
The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their hiding places.
2 Samuel 22:47
Jehovah lives. And blessed be my rock. And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
2 Samuel 22:48
Even the God who executes vengeance for me, and who brings down peoples under me,
2 Samuel 22:49
and who brings me forth from my enemies. Yea, thou lift me up above those who rise up against me. Thou deliver me from the violent man.
2 Samuel 22:50
Therefore I will give thanks to thee, O Jehovah, among gentiles, and will sing praises to thy name.
2 Samuel 22:51
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.