2 Samuel 22:32-51

English Standard Version

³² “For who is God, but the Lord?
    ^(A)And who is a rock, except our God?
³³ This God is my ^(B)strong refuge
    and has made my^[a] way blameless.^[b]
34 (C)He made my feet like the feet of a deer
    and set me secure ^(D)on the heights.
^35 (E)He trains my hands for war,
    so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁶ You have given me the shield of your salvation,
    and your gentleness made me great.
^37 (F)You gave a wide place for my steps under me,
    and my feet^[c] did not slip;
³⁸ I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,
    and did not turn back until they were consumed.
³⁹ I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise;
    they fell ^(G)under my feet.
⁴⁰ For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
    you made ^(H)those who rise against me sink under me.
⁴¹ You ^(I)made my enemies turn their backs to me,^[d]
    those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
⁴² They looked, but there was none to save;
    they cried to the Lord, but ^(J)he did not answer them.
⁴³ I beat them fine ^(K)as the dust of the earth;
    I crushed them and stamped them down ^(L)like the mire of the streets.

⁴⁴ “You delivered me from strife with my people;^[e]
    you kept me as the head of ^(M)the nations;
    ^(N)people whom I had not known served me.
⁴⁵ Foreigners came cringing to me;
    as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
⁴⁶ Foreigners lost heart
    and came trembling^{[f] (O)}out of their fortresses.

⁴⁷ “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
    and exalted be ^(P)my God, ^(Q)the rock of my salvation,
⁴⁸ the God who gave me vengeance
    and ^(R)brought down peoples under me,
⁴⁹ who brought me out from my enemies;
    you exalted me above ^(S)those who rose against me;
    you delivered me from ^(T)men of violence.

^50 (U)“For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
    and sing praises to your name.
^51 (V)Great salvation he brings^[g] to his king,
    and shows steadfast love to ^(W)his anointed,
    to David and his offspring ^(X)forever.”