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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NASB 1995</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/2_samuel/22.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><font color="#000000"><b><i>David’s Psalm of Deliverance</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-1.htm" target="_top"><b>1</b></a></span>And David spoke the words of this song to the L<font size="1">ORD</font> in the day that the L<font size="1">ORD</font> delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-2.htm" target="_top"><b>2</b></a></span>He said,<br> “The L<font size="1">ORD</font> is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,<br> My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge;<br> My savior, You save me from violence.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>“I call upon the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, who is worthy to be praised,<br> And I am saved from my enemies.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>“For the waves of death encompassed me;<br> The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>The cords of Sheol surrounded me;<br> The snares of death confronted me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>“In my distress I called upon the L<font size="1">ORD</font>,<br> Yes, I cried to my God;<br> And from His temple He heard my voice,<br> And my cry for help <i>came</i> into His ears.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>“Then the earth shook and quaked,<br> The foundations of heaven were trembling<br> And were shaken, because He was angry.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>“Smoke went up out of His nostrils,<br> Fire from His mouth devoured;<br> Coals were kindled by it.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>“He bowed the heavens also, and came down<br> With thick darkness under His feet.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>“And He rode on a cherub and flew;<br> And He appeared on the wings of the wind.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>“And He made darkness canopies around Him,<br> A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>“From the brightness before Him<br> Coals of fire were kindled.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>“The L<font size="1">ORD</font> thundered from heaven,<br> And the Most High uttered His voice.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>“And He sent out arrows, and scattered them,<br> Lightning, and routed them.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>“Then the channels of the sea appeared,<br> The foundations of the world were laid bare<br> By the rebuke of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>,<br> At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>“He sent from on high, He took me;<br> He drew me out of many waters.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>“He delivered me from my strong enemy,<br> From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>“They confronted me in the day of my calamity,<br> But the L<font size="1">ORD</font> was my support.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>“He also brought me forth into a broad place;<br> He rescued me, because He delighted in me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>“The L<font size="1">ORD</font> has rewarded me according to my righteousness;<br> According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>“For I have kept the ways of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>,<br> And have not acted wickedly against my God.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>“For all His ordinances <i>were</i> before me,<br> And <i>as for</i> His statutes, I did not depart from them.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>“I was also blameless toward Him,<br> And I kept myself from my iniquity.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>“Therefore the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has recompensed me according to my righteousness,<br> According to my cleanness before His eyes.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>“With the kind You show Yourself kind,<br> With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>With the pure You show Yourself pure,<br> And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>“And You save an afflicted people;<br> But Your eyes are on the haughty <i>whom</i> You abase.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>“For You are my lamp, O L<font size="1">ORD</font>;<br> And the L<font size="1">ORD</font> illumines my darkness.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>“For by You I can run upon a troop;<br> By my God I can leap over a wall.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>“As for God, His way is blameless;<br> The word of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> is tested;<br> He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>“For who is God, besides the L<font size="1">ORD</font>?<br> And who is a rock, besides our God?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>“God is my strong fortress;<br> And He sets the blameless in His way.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>“He makes my feet like hinds’ <i>feet,</i><br> And sets me on my high places.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>“He trains my hands for battle,<br> So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>“You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,<br> And Your help makes me great.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>“You enlarge my steps under me,<br> And my feet have not slipped.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>“I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,<br> And I did not turn back until they were consumed.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>“And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;<br> And they fell under my feet.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>“For You have girded me with strength for battle;<br> You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>“You have also made my enemies turn <i>their</i> backs to me,<br> And I destroyed those who hated me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>“They looked, but there was none to save;<br> <i>Even</i> to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, but He did not answer them.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>“Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth;<br> I crushed <i>and</i> stamped them as the mire of the streets.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>“You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;<br> You have kept me as head of the nations;<br> A people whom I have not known serve me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-45.htm" target="_top"><b>45</b></a></span>“Foreigners pretend obedience to me;<br> As soon as they hear, they obey me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-46.htm" target="_top"><b>46</b></a></span>“Foreigners lose heart,<br> And come trembling out of their fortresses.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-47.htm" target="_top"><b>47</b></a></span>“The L<font size="1">ORD</font> lives, and blessed be my rock;<br> And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-48.htm" target="_top"><b>48</b></a></span>The God who executes vengeance for me,<br> And brings down peoples under me,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-49.htm" target="_top"><b>49</b></a></span>Who also brings me out from my enemies;<br> You even lift me above those who rise up against me;<br> You rescue me from the violent man.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-50.htm" target="_top"><b>50</b></a></span>“Therefore I will give thanks to You, O L<font size="1">ORD</font>, among the nations,<br> And I will sing praises to Your name.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-51.htm" target="_top"><b>51</b></a></span>“<i>He</i> is a tower of deliverance to His king,<br> And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,<br> To David and his descendants forever.”<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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