2 Samuel 22:1-30

New King James Version

^(E)“The Lord is my rock and my ^(F)fortress and my deliverer;
³ The God of my strength, ^(G)in whom I will trust;
My ^(H)shield and the ^(I)horn^[a] of my salvation,
My ^(J)stronghold and my ^(K)refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.
⁴ I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.

⁵ “When the waves of death surrounded me,
The floods of ungodliness ^[b]made me afraid.
⁶ The ^(L)sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
⁷ In my distress ^(M)I called upon the Lord,
And cried out to my God;
He ^(N)heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry entered His ears.

⁸ “Then ^(O)the earth shook and trembled;
^(P)The foundations of ^[c]heaven quaked and were shaken,
Because He was angry.
⁹ Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And devouring ^(Q)fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.
¹⁰ He ^(R)bowed the heavens also, and came down
With ^(S)darkness under His feet.
¹¹ He rode upon a cherub, and flew;
And He ^[d]was seen ^(T)upon the wings of the wind.
¹² He made ^(U)darkness canopies around Him,
Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
¹³ From the brightness before Him
Coals of fire were kindled.

¹⁴ “The Lord ^(V)thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice.
¹⁵ He sent out ^(W)arrows and scattered them;
Lightning bolts, and He vanquished them.
¹⁶ Then the channels of the sea ^(X)were seen,
The foundations of the world were uncovered,
At the ^(Y)rebuke of the Lord,
At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

¹⁷ “He^(Z) sent from above, He took me,
He drew me out of many waters.
¹⁸ He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me;
For they were too strong for me.
¹⁹ They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my ^(AA)support.
^20 (AB)He also brought me out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He ^(AC)delighted in me.

²¹ “The^(AD) Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the ^(AE)cleanness of my hands
He has recompensed me.
²² For I have ^(AF)kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
²³ For all His ^(AG)judgments were before me;
And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.
²⁴ I was also ^(AH)blameless before Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
²⁵ Therefore ^(AI)the Lord has ^[e]recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to ^[f]my cleanness in His eyes.

²⁶ “With ^(AJ)the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
²⁷ With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And ^(AK)with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
²⁸ You will save the ^(AL)humble^[g] people;
But Your eyes are on ^(AM)the haughty, that You may bring them down.

²⁹ “For You are my ^(AN)lamp, O Lord;
The Lord shall enlighten my darkness.
³⁰ For by You I can run against a troop;
By my God I can leap over a ^(AO)wall.