2 Samuel 22 — Legacy Standard Bible

David’s Song of Deliverance

22^aAnd David spoke to Yahweh ^bthe words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the ¹hand of all his enemies and from the ²hand of Saul. ²He said, “^aYahweh is my ¹rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

³¹^,^aMy God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,My ^bshield and ^cthe horn of my salvation, my stronghold and ^dmy refuge;My savior, You save me from violence.⁴“I call upon Yahweh, ^awho is worthy to be praised,And I am saved from my enemies.⁵“For ^athe waves of death encompassed me;^bThe torrents of ¹vileness terrorized me;⁶^aThe cords of Sheol surrounded me;The snares of death confronted me.⁷“^aIn my distress I called upon Yahweh,And I called to my God;And out of His temple He heard my voice,And my cry for help came into His ears.⁸“Then ^athe earth shook and quaked;^bThe foundations of heaven were tremblingAnd were shaken, because He was angry.⁹“Smoke went up ¹out of His nostrils,^aAnd fire from His mouth devoured;^bCoals were kindled by it.¹⁰“He bowed the heavens and came downWith ^athick darkness under His feet.¹¹“^aHe rode on a cherub and flew;And He ¹appeared upon ^bthe wings of the wind.¹²“^aAnd He made darkness ¹canopies around Him,A mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.¹³“From the brightness before Him^aCoals of fire were kindled.¹⁴“^aYahweh thundered from heaven,And the Most High gave forth His voice.¹⁵“^aAnd He sent out arrows, and scattered them,Lightning, and ¹threw them into confusion.¹⁶“Then the channels of the sea appeared,The foundations of the world were ¹laid bareBy the rebuke of Yahweh,^aAt the blast of the breath of His nostrils.¹⁷“^aHe sent from on high, He took me;^bHe drew me out of many waters.¹⁸“He delivered me from my strong enemy,From those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.¹⁹“They confronted me in the day of my disaster,^aBut Yahweh was my support.²⁰“^aHe brought me forth also into a broad place;He rescued me, ^bbecause He delighted in me.²¹“^aYahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness;^bAccording to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.²²“^aFor I have kept the ways of Yahweh,And have not wickedly departed from my God.²³“^aFor all His ¹judgments were before me,And as for His statutes, I did not depart from ²them.²⁴“^aI was also ¹blameless toward Him,And I kept myself from my iniquity.²⁵“^aTherefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness,According to my cleanness before His eyes.²⁶“^aWith the ¹kind You show Yourself ²kind,With the ³blameless You show Yourself ⁴blameless;²⁷^aWith the pure You show Yourself pure,^bAnd with the crooked You show Yourself ¹astute.²⁸“^aAnd You save an afflicted people;^bBut Your eyes are on the haughty whom You bring down.²⁹“^aFor You are my lamp, O Yahweh;And Yahweh illumines my darkness.³⁰“^aFor by You I can ¹run upon a troop;By my God I can leap over a wall.³¹“^aAs for God, His way is ¹blameless;^bThe word of Yahweh is ²tried;^cHe is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.³²“^aFor who is God, but Yahweh?^bAnd who is a rock, but our God?³³“^aGod is my strong fortress;And He ¹sets the ²blameless in ³His way.³⁴“^aHe makes ¹my feet like hinds’ feet,^bAnd sets me on my high places.³⁵“^aHe trains my hands for battle,^bSo that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.³⁶“You have also given me ^athe shield of Your salvation,And Your answer to me makes me great.³⁷“^aYou enlarge my steps under me,And my ankles have not given way.³⁸“I pursued my enemies and ^adestroyed them,And I did not turn back until they were consumed.³⁹“And I have consumed them and crushed them, so that they did not rise;And ^athey fell under my feet.⁴⁰“For You have girded me with strength for battle;You have ¹subdued under me ^athose who rose up against me.⁴¹“¹You have also ^amade my enemies turn their backs to me,And I ²destroyed those who hated me.⁴²“^aThey looked, but there was none to save;^bEven to Yahweh, but He did not answer them.⁴³“^aThen I beat them fine as the dust of the earth;^bI pulverized and stamped them as the mire of the streets.⁴⁴“^aYou have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;^bYou have kept me as head of the nations;^cA people whom I have not known serve me.⁴⁵“^aForeigners cower before me;As soon as they hear, they obey me.⁴⁶“Foreigners fade away,^aAnd ¹come trembling out of their ²fortresses.⁴⁷“Yahweh lives, and blessed be my rock;And let ¹^,^aGod, the rock of my salvation, be lifted high,⁴⁸^aThe God who executes vengeance for me,^bAnd brings down peoples under me,⁴⁹Who also brings me out from my enemies;You even lift me above ^athose who rise up against me;^bYou rescue me from the violent man.⁵⁰“^aTherefore I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh, among the nations,And I will sing praises to Your name.⁵¹“^aHe ¹gives great salvation to His king,And ^bshows lovingkindness to His anointed,^cTo David and his seed forever.”