2 Samuel 22
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Modern Hebrew Bible
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;
1וידבר דוד ליהוה את דברי השירה הזאת ביום הציל יהוה אתו מכף כל איביו ומכף שאול׃
2and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
2ויאמר יהוה סלעי ומצדתי ומפלטי לי׃
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.
3אלהי צורי אחסה בו מגני וקרן ישעי משגבי ומנוסי משעי מחמס תשעני׃
4Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies.
4מהלל אקרא יהוה ומאיבי אושע׃
5For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.
5כי אפפני משברי מות נחלי בליעל יבעתני׃
6The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
6חבלי שאול סבני קדמני מקשי מות׃
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.
7בצר לי אקרא יהוה ואל אלהי אקרא וישמע מהיכלו קולי ושועתי באזניו׃
8Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of heaven did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.
8ותגעש ותרעש הארץ מוסדות השמים ירגזו ויתגעשו כי חרה לו׃
9Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.
9עלה עשן באפו ואש מפיו תאכל גחלים בערו ממנו׃
10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
10ויט שמים וירד וערפל תחת רגליו׃
11And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.
11וירכב על כרוב ויעף וירא על כנפי רוח׃
12And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12וישת חשך סביבתיו סכות חשרת מים עבי שחקים׃
13At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth.
13מנגה נגדו בערו גחלי אש׃
14The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High gave forth His voice.
14ירעם מן שמים יהוה ועליון יתן קולו׃
15And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
15וישלח חצים ויפיצם ברק ויהמם׃
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.
16ויראו אפקי ים יגלו מסדות תבל בגערת יהוה מנשמת רוח אפו׃
17He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters;
17ישלח ממרום יקחני ימשני ממים רבים׃
18He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
18יצילני מאיבי עז משנאי כי אמצו ממני׃
19They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.
19יקדמני ביום אידי ויהי יהוה משען לי׃
20He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.
20ויצא למרחב אתי יחלצני כי חפץ בי׃
21The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
21יגמלני יהוה כצדקתי כבר ידי ישיב לי׃
22For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22כי שמרתי דרכי יהוה ולא רשעתי מאלהי׃
23For all His ordinances were before me; and as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.
23כי כל משפטו לנגדי וחקתיו לא אסור ממנה׃
24And I was single-hearted toward Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24ואהיה תמים לו ואשתמרה מעוני׃
25Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.
25וישב יהוה לי כצדקתי כברי לנגד עיניו׃
26With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright,
26עם חסיד תתחסד עם גבור תמים תתמם׃
27With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.
27עם נבר תתבר ועם עקש תתפל׃
28And the afflicted people Thou dost save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.
28ואת עם עני תושיע ועיניך על רמים תשפיל׃
29For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.
29כי אתה נירי יהוה ויהוה יגיה חשכי׃
30For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall.
30כי בכה ארוץ גדוד באלהי אדלג שור׃
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.
31האל תמים דרכו אמרת יהוה צרופה מגן הוא לכל החסים בו׃
32For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a Rock, save our God?
32כי מי אל מבלעדי יהוה ומי צור מבלעדי אלהינו׃
33The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight;
33האל מעוזי חיל ויתר תמים דרכו׃
34Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;
34משוה רגליו כאילות ועל במותי יעמדני׃
35Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
35מלמד ידי למלחמה ונחת קשת נחושה זרעתי׃
36Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation; and Thy condescension hath made me great.
36ותתן לי מגן ישעך וענתך תרבני׃
37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
37תרחיב צעדי תחתני ולא מעדו קרסלי׃
38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.
38ארדפה איבי ואשמידם ולא אשוב עד כלותם׃
39And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, that they cannot arise; yea, they are fallen under my feet.
39ואכלם ואמחצם ולא יקומון ויפלו תחת רגלי׃
40For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40ותזרני חיל למלחמה תכריע קמי תחתני׃
41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me; yea, them that hate me, that I might cut them off.
41ואיבי תתה לי ערף משנאי ואצמיתם׃
42They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but He answered them not.
42ישעו ואין משיע אל יהוה ולא ענם׃
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.
43ואשחקם כעפר ארץ כטיט חוצות אדקם ארקעם׃
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.
44ותפלטני מריבי עמי תשמרני לראש גוים עם לא ידעתי יעבדני׃
45The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
45בני נכר יתכחשו לי לשמוע אזן ישמעו לי׃
46The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.
46בני נכר יבלו ויחגרו ממסגרותם׃
47The LORD liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, my Rock of salvation;
47חי יהוה וברוך צורי וירם אלהי צור ישעי׃
48Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth down peoples under me,
48האל הנתן נקמת לי ומוריד עמים תחתני׃
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.
49ומוציאי מאיבי ומקמי תרוממני מאיש חמסים תצילני׃
50Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.
50על כן אודך יהוה בגוים ולשמך אזמר׃
51A tower of salvation is He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
51מגדיל ישועות מלכו ועשה חסד למשיחו לדוד ולזרעו עד עולם׃
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