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class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He said:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is my rock, my fortress,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and my deliverer,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>my God,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> my rock where I seek refuge.</p><p class="poem">My shield, the horn of my salvation,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> my stronghold,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> my refuge,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.3.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">and my Savior, you save me from violence.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I called to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, who is worthy of praise,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and I was saved from my enemies.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For the waves of death engulfed me;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the torrents of destruction terrified me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The ropes of Sheol entangled me;</p><p class="poem">the snares of death confronted me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I called to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> in my distress;</p><p class="poem">I called to my God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">From his temple he heard my voice,</p><p class="poem">and my cry for help reached his ears.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the earth shook and quaked;</p><p class="poem">the foundations of the heavens<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> trembled;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">they shook because he burned with anger.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Smoke rose from his nostrils,</p><p class="poem">and consuming fire came from his mouth;</p><p class="poem">coals were set ablaze by it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He bent the heavens and came down,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">total darkness beneath his feet.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He rode on a cherub and flew,</p><p class="poem">soaring<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> on the wings of the wind.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He made darkness a canopy around him,</p><p class="poem">a gathering<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of water and thick clouds.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>From the radiance of his presence,</p><p class="poem">blazing coals were ignited.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> thundered from heaven;</p><p class="poem">the Most High made his voice heard.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He shot arrows and scattered them;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The depths of the sea became visible,</p><p class="poem">the foundations of the world were exposed</p><p class="poem">at the rebuke of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">at the blast of the breath<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> of his nostrils.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.16.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He reached down from on high</p><p class="poem">and took hold of me;</p><p class="poem">he pulled me out of deep water.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He rescued me from my powerful enemy</p><p class="poem">and from those who hated me,</p><p class="poem">for they were too strong for me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They confronted me in the day of my calamity,</p><p class="poem">but the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> was my support.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He brought me out to a spacious place;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he rescued me because he delighted in me.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> rewarded me</p><p class="poem">according to my righteousness;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he repaid me</p><p class="poem">according to the cleanness of my hands.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For I have kept the ways of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and have not turned from my God to wickedness.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Indeed, I let all his ordinances<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> guide me<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.23.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and have not disregarded his statutes.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I was blameless before him</p><p class="poem">and kept myself from my iniquity.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> repaid me</p><p class="poem">according to my righteousness,</p><p class="poem">according to my cleanness<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.25.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> in his sight.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>With the faithful</p><p class="poem">you prove yourself faithful,</p><p class="poem">with the blameless</p><p class="poem">you prove yourself blameless,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>with the pure</p><p class="poem">you prove yourself pure,</p><p class="poem">but with the crooked</p><p class="poem">you prove yourself shrewd.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>You rescue an oppressed people,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">but your eyes are set against the proud —</p><p class="poem">you humble them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.28.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, you are my lamp;</p><p class="poem">the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> illuminates my darkness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>With you I can attack a barricade,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.30.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and with my God I can leap over a wall.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>God — his way is perfect;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.31.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the word of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is pure.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.31.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For who is God besides the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>?</p><p class="poem">And who is a rock? Only our God.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>God is my strong refuge;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.33.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">he makes my way perfect.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.33.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>He makes my feet like the feet of a deer</p><p class="poem">and sets me securely on the<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.34.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> heights.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.34.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>He trains my hands for war;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.35.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">my arms can bend a bow of bronze.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>You have given me the shield of your salvation;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.36.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">your help<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.36.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> exalts me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.37" /> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps,</p><p class="poem">and my ankles do not give way.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.38" /> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>I pursue my enemies and destroy them;</p><p class="poem">I do not turn back until they are wiped out.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.39" /> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>I wipe them out and crush them,</p><p class="poem">and they do not rise;</p><p class="poem">they fall beneath my feet.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.40" /> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>You have clothed me with strength for battle;</p><p class="poem">you subdue my adversaries beneath me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.40.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.41" /> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>You have made my enemies retreat before me;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.41.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">I annihilate those who hate me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.42" /> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>They look, but there is no one to save them —</p><p class="poem">they look to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, but he does not answer them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.42.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.43" /> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>I pulverize them like dust of the earth;</p><p class="poem">I crush them and trample them like mud in the streets.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.43.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.44" /> <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>You have freed me from the feuds among my people;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.44.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">you have preserved me as head of nations;</p><p class="poem">a people I had not known serve me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.44.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.45" /> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Foreigners submit to me cringing;</p><p class="poem">as soon as they hear, they obey me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.46" /> <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Foreigners lose heart</p><p class="poem">and come trembling from their fortifications.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.46.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.47" /> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> lives — blessed be my rock!</p><p class="poem">God, the rock of my salvation,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.47.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> is exalted.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.48" /> <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>God — he grants me vengeance</p><p class="poem">and casts down peoples under me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.48.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.49" /> <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>He frees me from my enemies.</p><p class="poem">You exalt me above my adversaries;</p><p class="poem">you rescue me from violent men.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.49.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.50" /> <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>;</p><p class="poem">I will sing praises about your name.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.50.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.22.51" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>He is a tower of salvation for<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.22.51.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> his king;</p><p class="poem">he shows loyalty to his anointed,</p><p class="poem">to David and his descendants forever.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.22.51.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-2_Samuel.22" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.3">22:3</a></span> LXX, Ps 18:2 read <span class="italic">my God</span> ; MT reads <span class="italic">God of</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.8">22:8</a></span> Some Hb mss, Syr, Vg read <span class="italic">mountains</span> ; Ps 18:7</aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.9">22:9</a></span> Or <span class="italic">him</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.11">22:11</a></span> Some Hb mss; other Hb mss, Syr, Tg read <span class="italic">he was seen</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.12">22:12</a></span> Or <span class="italic">sieve</span>, or <span class="italic">mass</span> ; Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.23.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.23">22:23</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">Indeed, all his ordinances have been in front of me</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.25.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.25">22:25</a></span> LXX, Syr, Vg read <span class="italic">to the cleanness of my hands</span> ; Ps 18:24</aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.30.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.30">22:30</a></span> Or <span class="italic">a ridge</span>, or <span class="italic">raiders</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.33.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.33">22:33</a></span> DSS, some LXX mss, Syr, Vg read <span class="italic">God clothes me with strength</span> ; Ps 18:32</aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.33.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.33">22:33</a></span> Some LXX mss, Syr; MT reads <span class="italic">he sets free the blameless his way</span> ; Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.34.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.34">22:34</a></span> LXX; some Hb mss read <span class="italic">my</span> ; other Hb mss read <span class="italic">his</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.34.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.34">22:34</a></span> Or <span class="italic">on my high places</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.36.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.36">22:36</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">humility</span> ; Ps 18:35</aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.41.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.41">22:41</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">you gave me the neck of my enemies</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.22.51.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.51">22:51</a></span> DSS read <span class="italic">he gives great victory to</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-2_Samuel.22" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.2">22:2-51</a></span> Ps 18:2–50</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.2">22:2</a></span> Ps 31:3; 71:3</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.3">22:3</a></span> Lk 1:69</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.3">22:3</a></span> Ps 9:9; 59:9,16–17; 62:2,6</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.3.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.3">22:3</a></span> Ps 14:6; 71:7; Jr 16:19</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.4">22:4</a></span> 1Ch 16:25; Ps 48:1; 96:4</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.5">22:5</a></span> Ps 42:7; Jnh 2:3</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.6">22:6</a></span> Ps 116:3</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.7">22:7</a></span> Ps 116:4; 120:1; Jnh 2:2</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.8">22:8</a></span> Jdg 5:4; Ps 77:18; 97:4</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.8">22:8</a></span> Jb 26:11</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.10">22:10</a></span> Ps 144:5; Is 64:1</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.12">22:12</a></span> Ps 97:2</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.14">22:14</a></span> Jb 37:4</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.15">22:15</a></span> Dt 32:23; Ps 7:13; 77:17; Hab 3:11</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.15">22:15</a></span> Ps 144:6</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.16">22:16</a></span> Jb 4:9; Is 30:33</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.16.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.16">22:16</a></span> Ex 15:8</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.17">22:17</a></span> Ps 144:7</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.20">22:20</a></span> Ps 31:8; 118:5</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.21">22:21</a></span> 1Sm 26:23; 1Kg 8:32; Ps 7:8</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.21">22:21</a></span> Ps 24:3–4</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.22">22:22</a></span> Pr 8:32</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.23">22:23</a></span> Ps 119:30,102</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.28">22:28</a></span> Ps 72:12–13</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.28.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.28">22:28</a></span> Is 2:11–12,17; Lk 1:51</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.29">22:29</a></span> Jb 29:3; Ps 27:1</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.30">22:30</a></span> 2Sm 5:6–9</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.31.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.31">22:31</a></span> Dt 32:4</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.31.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.31">22:31</a></span> Ps 119:140</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.35.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.35">22:35</a></span> Ps 144:1</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.36.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.36">22:36</a></span> Eph 6:16–17</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.40.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.40">22:40</a></span> Ps 44:5</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.42.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.42">22:42</a></span> 1Sm 28:6; Pr 1:28</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.43.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.43">22:43</a></span> Is 10:6; Mc 7:10; Zch 10:5</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.44.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.44">22:44</a></span> 2Sm 2:8–10; 15:1–6; 20:1–2</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.44.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.44">22:44</a></span> 2Sm 8:1–14; Is 55:5</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.46.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.46">22:46</a></span> Mc 7:17</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.47.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.47">22:47</a></span> Ps 89:26; 95:1</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.48.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.22.48">22:48</a></span> Ps 144:2</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.22.49.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a 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