2Samuel - Chapter 22 | New International Version

  • 1. David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
  • 2. He said: "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
  • 3. my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior-- from violent men you save me.
  • 4. I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.
  • 5. The waves of death swirled about me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
  • 6. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
  • 7. In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.
  • 8. The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens shook; they trembled because he was angry.
  • 9. Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
  • 10. He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
  • 11. He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
  • 12. He made darkness his canopy around him-- the dark rain clouds of the sky.
  • 13. Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth.
  • 14. The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
  • 15. He shot arrows and scattered the enemies, bolts of lightning and routed them.
  • 16. The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of breath from his nostrils.
  • 17. He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
  • 18. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
  • 19. They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
  • 20. He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
  • 21. The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
  • 22. For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have not done evil by turning from my God.
  • 23. All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.
  • 24. I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
  • 25. The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.
  • 26. To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
  • 27. to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
  • 28. You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
  • 29. You are my lamp, O LORD; the LORD turns my darkness into light.
  • 30. With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.
  • 31. As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
  • 32. For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
  • 33. It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.
  • 34. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.
  • 35. He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
  • 36. You give me your shield of victory; you stoop down to make me great.
  • 37. You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.
  • 38. I pursued my enemies and crushed them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
  • 39. I crushed them completely, and they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
  • 40. You armed me with strength for battle; you made my adversaries bow at my feet.
  • 41. You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
  • 42. They cried for help, but there was no one to save them-- to the LORD, but he did not answer.
  • 43. I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.
  • 44. You have delivered me from the attacks of my people; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know are subject to me,
  • 45. and foreigners come cringing to me; as soon as they hear me, they obey me.
  • 46. They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
  • 47. The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God, the Rock, my Savior!
  • 48. He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under me,
  • 49. who sets me free from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me.
  • 50. Therefore I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to your name.
  • 51. He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever."
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