2Samuel 22

David’s Psalm of Rescue

22DAVID SPOKE to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.H1732H1696H3068H1697H7892H3117H3068H5337H3709H341H3709H75862He said: The Lord is my Rock [of escape from Saul] and my Fortress [in the wilderness] and my Deliverer;H559H3068H5553H4686H64033My God, my Rock, in Him will I take refuge; my Shield and the Horn of my salvation; my Stronghold and my Refuge, my Savior--You save me from violence.H430H6697H2620H4043H7161H3468H4869H4498H3467H3467H25554I call on the Lord, Who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.H7121H3068H1984H3467H3415For the waves of death enveloped me; the torrents of destruction made me afraid.H4867H4194H661H5158H1100H12046The cords of Sheol were entangling me; I encountered the snares of death.H2256H7585H5437H4170H4194H69237In my distress I called upon the Lord; I cried to my God, and He heard my voice from His temple; my cry came into His ears.H6862H7121H3068H7121H430H8085H6963H1964H7775H2418Then the earth reeled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook because He was angry.H776H1607H1607H7493H4146H8064H7264H1607H27349Smoke went up from His nostrils, and devouring fire from His mouth; coals were kindled by it.H5927H6227H639H784H6310H398H1513H119710He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under His feet.H5186H8064H3381H6205H727211He rode on a cherub and flew; He was seen upon the wings of the wind.H7392H3742H5774H7200H3671H730712He made darkness His canopy around Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.H7896H2822H5521H5439H2841H4325H5645H783413Out of the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth.H5051H1513H784H119714The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered His voice.H3068H7481H8064H5945H5414H696315He sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning confused {and} troubled them.H7971H2671H6327H1300H200016The channels of the sea were visible, the foundations of the world were uncovered at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.H650H3220H7200H4146H8398H1540H1606H3068H5397H7307H63917He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of great waters.H7971H4791H3947H4871H7227H432518He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.H5337H5794H341H8130H55319They came upon me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my stay.H6923H3117H343H3068H493720He brought me forth into a large place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.H3318H4800H2502H265421The Lord rewarded me according to my uprightness with Him; He compensated {and} benefited me according to the cleanness of my hands.H3068H1580H6666H1252H3027H772522For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.H8104H1870H3068H7561H43023For all His ordinances were before me; and from His statutes I did not turn aside.H4941H2708H549324I was also blameless before Him and kept myself from guilt {and} iniquity.H8549H8104H577125Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His [holy] sight.H3068H7725H6666H1252H5048H586926Toward the loving {and} loyal You will show Yourself loving {and} loyal, and with the upright {and} blameless You will show Yourself upright {and} blameless.H2623H2616H8549H1368H855227To the pure You will show Yourself pure, and to the willful You will show Yourself willful.H1305H1305H6141H661728And the afflicted people You will deliver, but Your eyes are upon the haughty, whom You will bring down.H6041H5971H3467H5869H7311H821329For You, O Lord, are my Lamp; the Lord lightens my darkness.H5216H3068H3068H5050H282230For by You I run through a troop; by my God I leap over a wall.H7323H1416H430H1801H779131As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried. He is a Shield to all those who trust {and} take refuge in Him.H410H1870H8549H565H3068H6884H4043H262032For who is God but the Lord? And who is a Rock except our God?H410H1107H3068H6697H1107H43033God is my strong Fortress; He guides the blameless in His way {and} sets him free.H410H4581H2428H5425H1870H854934He makes my feet like the hinds' [firm and able]; He sets me secure {and} confident upon the heights.H7737H7272H7737H355H5975H111635He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.H3925H3027H4421H7198H5154H5181H222036You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your condescension {and} gentleness have made me great.H5414H4043H3468H6031H6038H723537You have enlarged my steps under me, so that my feet have not slipped.H7337H6806H7166H457138I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them; and I did not turn back until they were consumed.H7291H341H8045H7725H361539I consumed them and thrust them through, so that they did not arise; they fell at my feet.H3615H4272H6965H5307H727240For You girded me with strength for the battle; those who rose up against me You subdued under me.H247H2428H4421H6965H376641You have made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.H5414H6203H341H6789H813042They looked, but there was none to save--even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.H8159H3467H3068H603043Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth; I crushed them as the mire of the street and scattered them abroad.H7833H6083H776H1854H2916H2351H755444You also have delivered me from strife with my people; You kept me as the head of the nations. People whom I had not known served me.H6403H7379H5971H8104H7218H1471H5971H3045H564745Foreigners yielded feigned obedience to me; as soon as they heard of me, they became obedient to me.H1121H5236H3584H8085H241H808546Foreigners faded away; they came limping {and} trembling from their strongholds.H1121H5236H5034H2296H452647The Lord lives; blessed be my Rock, and exalted be God, the Rock of my salvation.H3068H2416H1288H6697H7311H430H6697H346848It is God Who executes vengeance for me and Who brought down [and disciplined] the peoples under me,H410H5414H5360H3381H597149Who brought me out from my enemies. You also lifted me up above those who rose up against me; You delivered me from the violent man.H3318H341H7311H6965H5337H2555H37650For this I will give thanks {and} extol You, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.H3034H3068H1471H2167H803451He is a Tower of salvation {and} great deliverance to His king, and shows loving-kindness to His anointed, to David and his offspring forever.H4024H1431H3444H4428H6213H2617H4899H1732H2233H5704H5769