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My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry came into his ears.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Jehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>For by thee I run upon a troop; By my God do I leap over a wall.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>God is my strong fortress; And he guideth the perfect in his way.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>He maketh his feet like hinds feet , And setteth me upon my high places.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy gentleness hath made me great.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise: Yea, they are fallen under my feet.</p> <p class="reg"><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; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.</p> <p class="reg"><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, That I might cut off them that hate me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.</p> <p class="reg"><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, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And that bringeth down peoples under me,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_samuel/21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_samuel/23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/2_samuel/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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