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2 Samuel 22:26-34
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 22:26-34
English Standard Version
26 (A)“With the merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the (B)blameless man you show yourself blameless;
27 with the purified you deal purely,
and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
28 (C)You save a humble people,
(D)but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
29 (E)For you are my lamp, O Lord,
and my God lightens my darkness.
30 For by you I can run against a troop,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.
31 This God—(F)his way is perfect;
the (G)word of the Lord proves true;
he is (H)a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
32 “For who is God, but the Lord?
(I)And who is a rock, except our God?
33 This God is my (J)strong refuge
and has made my[a] way blameless.[b]
34 (K)He made my feet like the feet of a deer
and set me secure (L)on the heights.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 22:33 Or his; also verse 34
- 2 Samuel 22:33 Compare Psalm 18:32; Hebrew he has blamelessly set my way free, or he has made my way spring up blamelessly
2 Samuel 22:26-34
New International Version
2 Samuel 22:26-34
New International Version
26 “To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
27 to the pure(A) you show yourself pure,
but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.(B)
28 You save the humble,(C)
but your eyes are on the haughty(D) to bring them low.(E)
29 You, Lord, are my lamp;(F)
the Lord turns my darkness into light.
30 With your help I can advance against a troop[a];
with my God I can scale a wall.
31 “As for God, his way is perfect:(G)
The Lord’s word is flawless;(H)
he shields(I) all who take refuge in him.
32 For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock(J) except our God?(K)
33 It is God who arms me with strength[b]
and keeps my way secure.
34 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;(L)
he causes me to stand on the heights.(M)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 22:30 Or can run through a barricade
- 2 Samuel 22:33 Dead Sea Scrolls, some Septuagint manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Psalm 18:32); Masoretic Text who is my strong refuge
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