2 Samuel, 22

1. And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

1. David sang this song to Yahweh on the day Yahweh delivered him from his enemies and from Saul.

2. And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

2. He said, The Lord is my rock, my rampart, my deliverer

3. The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

3. and my God, the rock in whom I take refuge. He is my shield, my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my Savior; you save me from violence.

4. I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

4. I call on the Lord, who is worthy of praise; he saves me from my enemies.

5. When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

5. Waters of death carried me along, torrents of destruction terrified me.

6. The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

6. Caught as by the cords of the grave, I was utterly helpless before the snares of death.

7. In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry [did enter] into his ears.

7. But I called upon the Lord in my distress, to my God I cried for help; and from his temple he heard my voice, my cry of grief reached his ears.

8. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

8. Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens shook; they trembled in his fury.

9. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

9. From his nostrils smoke rose, from his mouth a devouring fire throwing off live embers.

10. He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.

10. He bent the heavens and came down with dark clouds under his feet.

11. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

11. He rode on a cherub and flew, he was seen on the wings of the wind.

12. And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.

12. He set darkness around him as his tent, a heap of waters in the thick clouds.

13. Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

13. Then from the brightness of his presence flared up fiery embers.

14. The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

14. From heaven the Lord thundered; the voice of the Most High resounded.

15. And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

15. Sending out a hail of arrows, he scattered them; flashing forth bolts of lightning, he routed them.

16. And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

16. The beds of the seas lay uncovered as the foundations of the world were laid bare, at your rebuke, O Yahweh, at the blast from your nostril's breath.

17. He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

17. Reaching down from above, he drew me out of the deep water.

18. He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

18. Too strong for me were my enemies, but he rescued me from my adversaries.

19. They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

19. They have launched their attack in an opportune day but the Lord has been my stay.

20. He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

20. In the open he has set me free. How great indeed is his love for me!

21. The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

21. Yahweh rewarded me according to my justice, and according to my righteousness.

22. For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22. For I have been faithful to Yahweh's way and I did not sin far from him.

23. For all his judgments [were] before me: and [as for] his statutes, I did not depart from them.

23. With his ordinances all before me, I have always followed his statutes.

24. I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

24. Before him I have done uprightly and kept myself from iniquity.

25. Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

25. Therefore Yahweh has given me recompense according to my righteousness.

26. With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, [and] with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

26. To the faithful you show yourself faithful; to the blameless you show yourself blameless;

27. With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

27. to the pure you show yourself pure; but to the crooked you show yourself astute.

28. And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes [are] upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down.

28. For you raise up the humble and humiliate the arrogant.

29. For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

29. Yahweh, you are my lamp. O my God, you brighten up my darkness.

30. For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.

30. Yes, with you I can crush an armed band, and by my God I can leap over a wall.

31. [As for] God, his way [is] perfect; the word of the LORD [is] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him.

31. This God - his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is always fulfilled. To those who seek refuge in him, he is a shield.

32. For who [is] God, save the LORD? and who [is] a rock, save our God?

32. There is no other God but Yahweh; there is no other rock but our God.

33. God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect.

33. This God is my stronghold and keeps my path unerring and safe.

34. He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places.

34. He has made my feet as swift as the hinds'; he has set me secure on the heights.

35. He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

35. He trains my hands for war and my arms to bend a bow of brass.

36. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.

36. You have given me your shield for protection, and your help has made me great.

37. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

37. You have given wide room for my steps, so that they have never faltered.

38. I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

38. I have pursued my enemies and wiped them out, I did not turn back till I had destroyed them.

39. And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

39. Thrusting them through, I did not give them time to rise as they fell under my feet.

40. For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

40. You have given me strength for the battle; you have subdued my adversaries beneath me;

41. Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

41. you have put my enemies to flight and destroyed those who opposed me.

42. They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

42. They cried for help, but no one came. They cried to the Lord; he did not answer them.

43. Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, [and] did spread them abroad.

43. I pulverized them as dust of the earth; like mud in the streets I trampled on them.

44. Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a people [which] I knew not shall serve me.

44. You have delivered me from the people's assault and have made me head over the nations. They came to serve me - people I had not known.

45. Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

45. Foreigners approached me, cringing and fawning. At the sound of my voice, they rose to obey.

46. Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

46. Foreigners succumbed or locked themselves in their fortresses.

47. The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

47. Yahweh lives! Praised be my rock! Exalted be my savior God -

48. It [is] God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

48. the God who grants me vengeance and subdues the peoples for me.

49. And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

49. He brings me out from my foes; he exalts me above my adversaries; he rescues me from men of violence.

50. Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

50. For this I will extol you, Yahweh, among the nations; I will sing praise to your name.

51. [He is] the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

51. You have given your king great victory; you have shown your love forever to your anointed, to David and to his descendants.