2 Samuel 22
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
1And David spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul;
2He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
2and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
3The God who is my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; my saviour, Thou savest me from violence.
4I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
4Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies.
5For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
5For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.
6The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
6The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
7In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
7In my distress I called upon the LORD, yea, I called unto my God; and out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry did enter into His ears.
8Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
8Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of heaven did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.
9Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
9Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.
10He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
11He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
11And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
12And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
13At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth.
14The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
14The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High gave forth His voice.
15He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
15And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
17He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
17He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters;
18He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
18He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
19They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.
20He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
20He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.
21The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
21The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
22For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
23For all His ordinances were before me; and as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.
24And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
24And I was single-hearted toward Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
25So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
25Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.
26To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
26With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright,
27to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
27With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.
28You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
28And the afflicted people Thou dost save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.
29For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
29For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.
30For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
30For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall.
31As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
31As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.
32For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
32For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a Rock, save our God?
33God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.
33The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight;
34He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
34Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;
35He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
36You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
36Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation; and Thy condescension hath made me great.
37You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.
39I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
39And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, that they cannot arise; yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
40For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
41You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me; yea, them that hate me, that I might cut them off.
42They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
42They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but He answered them not.
43I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
43Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.
44You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
44Thou also hast delivered me from the contentions of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known serve me.
45Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
45The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
46Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
46The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.
47The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
47The LORD liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, my Rock of salvation;
48the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
48Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth down peoples under me,
49who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies; yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
50Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
50Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.
51Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
51A tower of salvation is He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
Tip: use the ← and → keys to turn chapters.