2 Samuel 22:1-31

New American Standard Bible

“^(C)The Lord is my ^[c]rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
^3 [d](D)My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
My ^(E)shield and ^(F)the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and ^(G)my refuge;
My savior, You save me from violence.
⁴ I call upon the Lord, ^(H)who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.
⁵ For ^(I)the waves of death encompassed me;
^(J)The floods of ^[e]destruction terrified me;
^6 (K)The ropes of ^[f]Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
^7 (L)In my distress I called upon the Lord,
Yes, I called out to my God;
And from His temple He heard my voice,
And my cry for help came into His ears.
⁸ Then ^(M)the earth shook and quaked,
^(N)The foundations of heaven were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
⁹ Smoke went up ^[g]out of His nostrils,
^(O)And fire from His mouth was devouring;
^(P)Coals were kindled by it.
¹⁰ He also bowed the heavens down low, and came down
With ^(Q)thick darkness under His feet.
^11 (R)He rode on a cherub and flew;
He ^[h]appeared on ^(S)the wings of the wind.
^12 (T)He made darkness canopies around Him,
A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.
¹³ From the brightness before Him
^(U)Coals of fire were kindled.
^14 (V)The Lord thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice.
^15 (W)And He shot arrows and scattered them,
Lightning, and ^[i]routed them.
¹⁶ Then the channels of the sea appeared,
The foundations of the world were exposed
By the rebuke of the Lord,
^(X)From the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
^17 (Y)He sent from on high, He took me;
^(Z)He drew me out of many waters.
¹⁸ He rescued me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
¹⁹ They confronted me on the day of my disaster,
^(AA)But the Lord was my support.
^20 (AB)He also brought me out into an open place;
He rescued me, ^(AC)because He delighted in me.
^21 (AD)The Lord has treated me in accordance with my righteousness;
^(AE)In accordance with the cleanliness of my hands He has repaid me.
^22 (AF)For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not acted wickedly against my God.
^23 (AG)For all His ordinances were before me,
And as for His statutes, I did not deviate from ^[j]them.
^24 (AH)I was also ^[k]blameless toward Him,
And I have kept myself from my wrongdoing.
^25 (AI)So the Lord has repaid me in accordance with my righteousness,
In accordance with my cleanliness before His eyes.
^26 (AJ)With the one who is faithful You show Yourself faithful,
With the ^[l]blameless one You prove Yourself ^[m]blameless;
^27 (AK)With the one who is pure You show Yourself pure,
^(AL)But with the perverted You ^[n]show Yourself astute.
^28 (AM)And You save an afflicted people;
^(AN)But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You humiliate.
^29 (AO)For You are my lamp, Lord;
And the Lord illuminates my darkness.
^30 (AP)For by You I can run at a ^[o]troop of warriors;
By my God I can leap over a wall.
^31 (AQ)As for God, His way is ^[p]blameless;
^(AR)The word of the Lord is refined;
^(AS)He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.