2 Samuel 22
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1And David spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of 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;
2And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.
2and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity.
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 on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
4Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies.
5For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.
5For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.
6The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.
6The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
7In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to 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.
8The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.
8Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of heaven did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.
9A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.
9Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.
10He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
11And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon 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 covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.
12And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled.
13At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth.
14The Lord shall thunder from heaven: and the most high shall give forth his voice.
14The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High gave forth His voice.
15He shot arrows and scattered them: lightning, and consumed them.
15And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16And the overflowings of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the spirit of his wrath.
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 sent from on high, and took me, and drew me out of many waters.
17He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters;
18He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19He prevented me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my stay.
19They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.
20And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him.
20He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.
21The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.
21The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
22Because 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 judgments are in my sight: and his precepts I have not removed from me.
23For all His ordinances were before me; and as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.
24And I shall be perfect with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
24And I was single-hearted toward Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
25And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.
25Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.
26With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.
26With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright,
27With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
27With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.
28And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eyes thou wilt humble the haughty.
28And the afflicted people Thou dost save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.
29For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.
29For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.
30For in thee I will run girded: in my God I will leap over the wall.
30For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall.
31God, his way is immaculate, the word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all that trust 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.
32Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God?
32For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a Rock, save our God?
33God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect.
33The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight;
34Making my feet like the feet of harts, and setting me upon my high places.
34Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;
35He teacheth my bands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.
35Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
36Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.
36Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation; and Thy condescension hath made me great.
37Thou shalt enlarge my steps under me: and my ankles shall not fail.
37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
38I will pursue after my enemies, and crush them: and will not return again till I consume them.
38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.
39I will consume them and break them in pieces, so that they shall not rise: they shall fall under my feet.
39And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, that they cannot arise; yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.
40For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
41My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.
41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me; yea, them that hate me, that I might cut them off.
42They shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.
42They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but He answered them not.
43I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of 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.
44Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know not, 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.
45The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.
45The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
46The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses.
46The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.
47The Lord liveth, and my God is blessed: and the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted:
47The LORD liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, my Rock of salvation;
48God who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me,
48Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth down peoples under me,
49Who bringest me forth from my enemies, and liftest me up from them that resist me: from the wicked man thou shalt deliver me.
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 will I give thanks to thee. O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.
50Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.
51Giving great salvation to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for ever.
51A tower of salvation is He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
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