2 Samuel 22:21-51

New International Version

²¹ “The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;^(A)
    according to the cleanness^(B) of my hands^(C) he has rewarded me.
²² For I have kept^(D) the ways of the Lord;
    I am not guilty of turning from my God.
²³ All his laws are before me;^(E)
    I have not turned^(F) away from his decrees.
²⁴ I have been blameless^(G) before him
    and have kept myself from sin.
²⁵ The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,^(H)
    according to my cleanness^[a] in his sight.

²⁶ “To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
    to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
²⁷ to the pure^(I) you show yourself pure,
    but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.^(J)
28 You save the humble,^(K)
    but your eyes are on the haughty^(L) to bring them low.^(M)
29 You, Lord, are my lamp;^(N)
    the Lord turns my darkness into light.
³⁰ With your help I can advance against a troop^[b];
    with my God I can scale a wall.

³¹ “As for God, his way is perfect:^(O)
    The Lord’s word is flawless;^(P)
    he shields^(Q) all who take refuge in him.
³² For who is God besides the Lord?
    And who is the Rock^(R) except our God?^(S)
33 It is God who arms me with strength^[c]
    and keeps my way secure.
³⁴ He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;^(T)
    he causes me to stand on the heights.^(U)
35 He trains my hands^(V) for battle;
    my arms can bend a bow^(W) of bronze.
³⁶ You make your saving help my shield;^(X)
    your help has made^[d] me great.
³⁷ You provide a broad path^(Y) for my feet,
    so that my ankles do not give way.

³⁸ “I pursued my enemies and crushed them;
    I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
³⁹ I crushed^(Z) them completely, and they could not rise;
    they fell beneath my feet.
⁴⁰ You armed me with strength for battle;
    you humbled my adversaries before me.^(AA)
41 You made my enemies turn their backs^(AB) in flight,
    and I destroyed my foes.
⁴² They cried for help,^(AC) but there was no one to save them—^(AD)
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.^(AE)
43 I beat them as fine as the dust^(AF) of the earth;
    I pounded and trampled^(AG) them like mud^(AH) in the streets.

⁴⁴ “You have delivered^(AI) me from the attacks of the peoples;
    you have preserved^(AJ) me as the head of nations.
People^(AK) I did not know now serve me,
⁴⁵     foreigners cower^(AL) before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.^(AM)
46 They all lose heart;
    they come trembling^[e](AN) from their strongholds.

⁴⁷ “The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!
    Exalted^(AO) be my God, the Rock, my Savior!^(AP)
48 He is the God who avenges^(AQ) me,^(AR)
    who puts the nations under me,
⁴⁹     who sets me free from my enemies.^(AS)
You exalted me^(AT) above my foes;
    from a violent man you rescued me.
⁵⁰ Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
    I will sing the praises^(AU) of your name.^(AV)

⁵¹ “He gives his king great victories;^(AW)
    he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,^(AX)
    to David^(AY) and his descendants forever.”^(AZ)