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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/21.htm" title="2 Samuel 21">◄</a> 2 Samuel 22 <a href="../2_samuel/23.htm" title="2 Samuel 23">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And David spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and he said:<br></div><div class="po2">The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The God who is my rock, in Him I take refuge;</div><div class="po2">My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge;</div><div class="po2">My saviour, Thou savest me from violence.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Praised, I cry, is the LORD,</div><div class="po2">And I am saved from mine enemies.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For the waves of Death compassed me.</div><div class="po2">The floods of <span class="fn"><a href="#ftn">a</a></span>Belial assailed me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The cords of Sheol surrounded me;</div><div class="po2">The snares of Death confronted me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In my distress I called upon the LORD,</div><div class="po2">Yea, I called unto my God;</div><div class="po2">And out of His temple He heard my voice,</div><div class="po2">And my cry did enter into His ears.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the earth did shake and quake,</div><div class="po2">The foundations of heaven did tremble;</div><div class="po2">They were shaken, because He was wroth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Smoke arose up in His nostrils,</div><div class="po2">And fire out of His mouth did devour; Coals flamed forth from Him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He bowed the heavens also, and came down;</div><div class="po2">And thick darkness was under His feet.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly;</div><div class="po2">Yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And He made darkness pavilions round about Him,</div><div class="po2">Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>At the brightness before Him</div><div class="po2">Coals of fire flamed forth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The LORD thundered from heaven,</div><div class="po2">And the Most High gave forth His voice.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And He sent out arrows, and scattered them;</div><div class="po2">Lightning, and discomfited them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the channels of the sea appeared,</div><div class="po2">The foundations of the world were laid bare</div><div class="po2">By the rebuke of the LORD,</div><div class="po2">At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He sent from on high, He took me;</div><div class="po2">He drew me out of many waters;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He delivered me from mine enemy most strong,</div><div class="po2">From them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They confronted me in the day of my calamity;</div><div class="po2">But the LORD was a stay unto me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He brought me forth also into a large place;</div><div class="po2">He delivered me, because He delighted in me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness;</div><div class="po2">According to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For I have kept the ways of the LORD,</div><div class="po2">And have not wickedly departed from my God.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For all His ordinances were before me;</div><div class="po2">And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And I was single-hearted toward Him,</div><div class="po2">And I kept myself from mine iniquity.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness,</div><div class="po2">According to my cleanness in His eyes.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>With the merciful Thou dost show</div><div class="po2">Thyself merciful,</div><div class="po2">With the upright man Thou dost show</div><div class="po2">Thyself upright,</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure;</div><div class="po2">And with the crooked Thou dost show</div><div class="po2">Thyself subtle.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And the afflicted people Thou dost save;</div><div class="po2">But Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For Thou art my lamp, O LORD;</div><div class="po2">And the LORD doth lighten my darkness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>For by Thee I run upon a troop;</div><div class="po2">By my God do I scale a wall.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>As for God, His way is perfect;</div><div class="po2">The word of the LORD is tried;</div><div class="po2">He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For who is God, save the LORD?</div><div class="po2">And who is a Rock, save our God?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The God who is my strong fortress,</div><div class="po2">And who letteth my way go forth straight;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Who maketh my feet like hinds’,</div><div class="po2">And setteth me upon my high places;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Who traineth my hands for war,</div><div class="po2">So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation;</div><div class="po2">And Thy condescension hath made me great.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,</div><div class="po2">And my feet have not slipped.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them;</div><div class="po2">Neither did I turn back till they were consumed.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, that they cannot arise;</div><div class="po2">Yea, they are fallen under my feet.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle;</div><div class="po2">Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me;</div><div class="po2">Yea, them that hate me, that I might cut them off.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>They looked, but there was none to save;</div><div class="po2">Even unto the LORD, but He answered them not.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth,</div><div class="po2">I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Thou also hast delivered me from the contentions of my people;</div><div class="po2">Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations;</div><div class="po2">A people whom I have not known serve me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me;</div><div class="po2">As soon as they hear of me, they obey me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>The sons of the stranger fade away,</div><div class="po2">And come halting out of their close places.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>The LORD liveth, and blessed be my Rock;</div><div class="po2">And exalted be the God, my Rock of salvation;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Even the God that executeth vengeance for me,</div><div class="po2">And bringeth down peoples under me,</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies;</div><div class="po2">Yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me;</div><div class="po2">Thou deliverest me from the violent man.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations,</div><div class="po2">And will sing praises unto Thy name.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>A tower of salvation is He to His king;</div><div class="po2">And showeth mercy to His anointed,</div><div class="po2">To David and to his seed, for evermore.</div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><br>{fn: a} That is, the 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