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MT reads The LORD is">c</a> my stone stronghold and my fortified place; you are continuously delivering<a href="#ftn" title="22:2 So MT LXX reads rescuing">d</a> me. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-3.htm">3</a>He is my God, my strong stone— in him I will find my refuge— my shield, the strength<a href="#ftn" title="22:3 Lit. horn">e</a> of my salvation, my high tower, my way of escape, and the one who is saving me. You will save me from violence. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-4.htm">4</a>As I am praising him,<a href="#ftn" title="22:4 The Heb. lacks him">f</a> I will call out to the LORD, and I will be saved from my enemies. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-5.htm">5</a>Because deadly breakers<a href="#ftn" title="22:5 Or currents">g</a> engulfed me, while torrents of abuse<a href="#ftn" title="22:5 The Heb. lacks of abuse">h</a> from the ungodly overwhelmed<a href="#ftn" title="22:5 Or terrified">i</a> me. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-6.htm">6</a>Binding ropes from Sheol entangled me while lethal snares hindered me. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-7.htm">7</a>I cried out to the LORD in the middle of my troubles; I cried out to my God. He listened to my voice from his sanctuary, and my call for help was heard. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-8.htm">8</a>Just then the earth shook and trembled! The foundations of heaven reeled and quaked because the LORD<a href="#ftn" title="22:8 Lit. because he">j</a> was angry. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-9.htm">9</a>Smoke poured out of his nostrils, and fire from his mouth kindling coals to flame by it. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-10.htm">10</a>He deformed heaven itself as he descended. Thick darkness enveloped his feet. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-11.htm">11</a>He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-12.htm">12</a>The darkness around him was his canopies— amassed water was his overhanging clouds! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-13.htm">13</a>From the shining light<a href="#ftn" title="22:13 Or the brightness">k</a> that was his presence<a href="#ftn" title="22:13 Or counterpart; MT word is perhaps a word play on the noun shining light">l</a> coals of fire blazed into flame! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-14.htm">14</a>The LORD roared from heaven! The Most High let his voice be heard! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-15.htm">15</a>He launched his arrows and scattered them— his lightning routed them. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-16.htm">16</a>The currents of the sea were revealed and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD and at the blazing breath from his nostrils! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-17.htm">17</a>He sent for me from on high! He grabbed hold of me, drawing me out of deep water. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-18.htm">18</a>He rescued me from my strong enemy— from those who hate me continually, since they were stronger than I. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-19.htm">19</a>They confronted me when I was in trouble,<a href="#ftn" title="22:19 Lit. in the day of my calamity">m</a> but the LORD remained my support! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-20.htm">20</a>He brought me to a wide open area, rescuing me because he was pleased with me! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-21.htm">21</a>The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness, rewarding me according to the degree of my innocence,<a href="#ftn" title="22:21 Lit. the cleanness of my hands">n</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-22.htm">22</a>because I have kept the LORD’s way— I haven’t willfully abandoned my God— <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-23.htm">23</a>and because all of his decrees remain in my thoughts,<a href="#ftn" title="22:23 Lit. presence">o</a> I have not turned aside from his statutes, <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-24.htm">24</a>I have been innocent before him, and I’ve kept myself from incurring<a href="#ftn" title="22:24 The Heb. lacks incurring">p</a> guilt. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-25.htm">25</a>The Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness, that is, according to my clean standing as he<a href="#ftn" title="22:25 Lit. standing to the counterpart">q</a> looks at me.<a href="#ftn" title="22:25 Or standing in his eyes">r</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-26.htm">26</a>In the company of the gracious you demonstrate your gracious love. In the company of the blamelessly valiant you demonstrate your blamelessness. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-27.htm">27</a>In the company of the pure you demonstrate your purity. In the company of the perverted you will appear to be perverse. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-28.htm">28</a>You save the nation who is humble but your eyes watch the proud, to bring them down. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-29.htm">29</a>For you are my lamp, LORD, the LORD who illuminates my darkness. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-30.htm">30</a>By you I devastate armies, by my God I scale walls. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-31.htm">31</a>This God! His way is perfect! What the LORD declares proves true. He shields<a href="#ftn" title="22:31 Lit. He is a shield for">s</a> everyone who flees for protection to him! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-32.htm">32</a>For who is God apart from the LORD? And who is a Rock, apart from our God? <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-33.htm">33</a>This God is my strong place of valor! He has made my life<a href="#ftn" title="22:33 Lit. way">t</a> blameless. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-34.htm">34</a>He has made my feet like those of a deer, setting me secure on his high places! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-35.htm">35</a>He has trained my hands for battle readiness— I can bend a bow made out of bronze. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-36.htm">36</a>He has equipped me with the shield that is your salvation, Your gentleness<a href="#ftn" title="22:36 So MT; LXX reads Obedience to you">u</a> has made me great. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-37.htm">37</a>You’ve made room beneath me for my footsteps, and my feet didn’t slip. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-38.htm">38</a>I pursued my enemies and conquered them; I didn’t return until they were consumed. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-39.htm">39</a>I devoured them, striking them down until they could not get up again. They fell beneath my feet. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-40.htm">40</a>You strengthened me with valor sufficient for the battle; you made those who rebelled against me fall beneath me. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-41.htm">41</a>You made my enemies turn and run—<a href="#ftn" title="22:41 Lit. away their backs to me">v</a> that is, those who hate me— and I destroyed them! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-42.htm">42</a>They looked around, but there was no one to save<a href="#ftn" title="22:42 MT verb looked around sounds like MT verb to save">w</a> them<a href="#ftn" title="22:42 The Heb. lacks them">x</a> — they looked<a href="#ftn" title="22:42 The Heb. lacks they looked">y</a> to the LORD, but he paid no attention! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-43.htm">43</a>I pulverized them to powder, like the dust of the earth; I crushed them, stomping on them like mud on a street. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-44.htm">44</a>You delivered me from civil war among my own people. You preserved me as head of the nations. People whom I had never known served me! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-45.htm">45</a>Foreigners<a href="#ftn" title="22:45 Lit. Children of foreigners">z</a> came cringing to me; they obeyed as soon as they heard<a href="#ftn" title="22:45 MT verbs obeyed and heard are identical in spelling">aa</a> me. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-46.htm">46</a>Foreigners<a href="#ftn" title="22:46 Lit. Children of foreigners">bb</a> lost their courage, coming trembling from their strongholds. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-47.htm">47</a>The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock, and may my God be exalted, the Rock who is my salvation! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-48.htm">48</a>The God who keeps on avenging me, subjugating people beneath me, <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-49.htm">49</a>delivering me from my enemies. You exalted me above those who rebelled against me, delivering me from violent men. <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-50.htm">50</a>Because of all of this I will praise you among the nations, LORD, and I will sing praises to your name! <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/22-51.htm">51</a>Great is the salvation he brings to his king, showing gracious love to his anointed, to David and to his offspring<a href="#ftn" title="22:51 Lit. seed; MT is sing.">cc</a> forever.<hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><A name="ftn"></a>Footnotes: a 22:1 Lit. hand b 22:2 The Heb. lacks This is what c 22:2 So LXX. MT reads The LORD is d 22:2 So MT LXX reads rescuing e 22:3 Lit. horn f 22:4 The Heb. lacks him g 22:5 Or currents h 22:5 The Heb. lacks of abuse i 22:5 Or terrified j 22:8 Lit. because he k 22:13 Or the brightness l 22:13 Or counterpart; MT word is perhaps a word play on the noun shining light m 22:19 Lit. in the day of my calamity n 22:21 Lit. the cleanness of my hands o 22:23 Lit. presence p 22:24 The Heb. lacks incurring q 22:25 Lit. standing to the counterpart r 22:25 Or standing in his eyes s 22:31 Lit. He is a shield for t 22:33 Lit. way u 22:36 So MT; LXX reads Obedience to you v 22:41 Lit. away their backs to me w 22:42 MT verb looked around sounds like MT verb to save x 22:42 The Heb. lacks them y 22:42 The Heb. lacks they looked z 22:45 Lit. Children of foreigners aa 22:45 MT verbs obeyed and heard are identical in spelling bb 22:46 Lit. 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