2 Samuel 22

Legacy Standard Bible

“^(C)Yahweh 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 Yahweh, ^(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 torrents of ^[e]vileness terrorized me;
^6 (K)The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
^7 (L)In my distress I called upon Yahweh,
And I called to my God;
And out of 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 ^[f]out of His nostrils,
^(O)And fire from His mouth devoured;
^(P)Coals were kindled by it.
¹⁰ He bowed the heavens and came down
With ^(Q)thick darkness under His feet.
^11 (R)He rode on a cherub and flew;
And He ^[g]appeared upon ^(S)the wings of the wind.
^12 (T)And He made darkness ^[h]canopies around Him,
A mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
¹³ From the brightness before Him
^(U)Coals of fire were kindled.
^14 (V)Yahweh thundered from heaven,
And the Most High gave forth His voice.
^15 (W)And He sent out arrows, and scattered them,
Lightning, and ^[i]threw them into confusion.
¹⁶ Then the channels of the sea appeared,
The foundations of the world were ^[j]laid bare
By the rebuke of Yahweh,
^(X)At 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 delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
¹⁹ They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
^(AA)But Yahweh was my support.
^20 (AB)He brought me forth also into a broad place;
He rescued me, ^(AC)because He delighted in me.
^21 (AD)Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
^(AE)According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
^22 (AF)For I have kept the ways of Yahweh,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
^23 (AG)For all His ^[k]judgments were before me,
And as for His statutes, I did not depart from ^[l]them.
^24 (AH)I was also ^[m]blameless toward Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
^25 (AI)Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness before His eyes.
^26 (AJ)With the ^[n]kind You show Yourself ^[o]kind,
With the ^[p]blameless You show Yourself ^[q]blameless;
^27 (AK)With the pure You show Yourself pure,
^(AL)And with the crooked You show Yourself ^[r]astute.
^28 (AM)And You save an afflicted people;
^(AN)But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You bring down.
^29 (AO)For You are my lamp, O Yahweh;
And Yahweh illumines my darkness.
^30 (AP)For by You I can ^[s]run upon a troop;
By my God I can leap over a wall.
^31 (AQ)As for God, His way is ^[t]blameless;
^(AR)The word of Yahweh is ^[u]tried;
^(AS)He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
^32 (AT)For who is God, but Yahweh?
^(AU)And who is a rock, but our God?
^33 (AV)God is my strong fortress;
And He ^[v]sets the ^[w]blameless in ^[x]His way.
^34 (AW)He makes ^[y]my feet like hinds’ feet,
^(AX)And sets me on my high places.
^35 (AY)He trains my hands for battle,
^(AZ)So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁶ You have also given me ^(BA)the shield of Your salvation,
And Your answer to me makes me great.
^37 (BB)You enlarge my steps under me,
And my ankles have not given way.
³⁸ I pursued my enemies and ^(BC)destroyed them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
³⁹ And I have consumed them and crushed them, so that they did not rise;
And ^(BD)they fell under my feet.
⁴⁰ For You have girded me with strength for battle;
You have ^[z]subdued under me ^(BE)those who rose up against me.
^41 [aa]You have also ^(BF)made my enemies turn their backs to me,
And I ^[ab]destroyed those who hated me.
^42 (BG)They looked, but there was none to save;
^(BH)Even to Yahweh, but He did not answer them.
^43 (BI)Then I beat them fine as the dust of the earth;
^(BJ)I pulverized and stamped them as the mire of the streets.
^44 (BK)You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;
^(BL)You have kept me as head of the nations;
^(BM)A people whom I have not known serve me.
^45 (BN)Foreigners cower before me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
⁴⁶ Foreigners fade away,
^(BO)And ^[ac]come trembling out of their ^[ad]fortresses.
⁴⁷ Yahweh lives, and blessed be my rock;
And let ^[ae](BP)God, the rock of my salvation, be lifted high,
^48 (BQ)The God who executes vengeance for me,
^(BR)And brings down peoples under me,
⁴⁹ Who also brings me out from my enemies;
You even lift me above ^(BS)those who rise up against me;
^(BT)You rescue me from the violent man.
^50 (BU)Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh, among the nations,
And I will sing praises to Your name.
^51 (BV)He ^[af]gives great salvation to His king,
And ^(BW)shows lovingkindness to His anointed,
^(BX)To David and his seed forever.”