c.
David's thanking and praising to God in a song
22:1-51
2 Sam. 22
:1
22:1
aAnd David spoke the words of this
1song to Jehovah on the day when Jehovah
bdelivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
2 Sam. 22
:2
22:2
And he said: Jehovah is my crag and my
afortress and my Deliverer;
2 Sam. 22
:3
22:3
1My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My
ashield and the
bhorn of my salvation, my high retreat and my refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.
2 Sam. 22
:4
22:4
I called upon Jehovah, who is worthy of praise,
And from my enemies I was saved.
2 Sam. 22
:5
22:5
For the waves of death encompassed me;
The torrents of destruction assailed me.
2 Sam. 22
:6
22:6
The acords of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
2 Sam. 22
:7
22:7
In my distress I
acalled upon Jehovah
And called to my God.
And He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry
came to His ears.
2 Sam. 22
:8
22:8
Then the earth shook and quaked,
And the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook about,
For He was furious.
2 Sam. 22
:9
22:9
Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals blazed forth from Him.
2 Sam. 22
:10
22:10
He bowed the heavens down and
adescended,
And deep darkness was under His feet.
2 Sam. 22
:11
22:11
He rode upon a cherub and did fly;
He was seen upon the wings of the wind.
2 Sam. 22
:12
22:12
And He made darkness pavilions around Him:
Dark waterclouds, thick clouds of the skies.
2 Sam. 22
:13
22:13
Out of the brightness before Him
Fiery coals were kindled.
2 Sam. 22
:14
22:14
Jehovah thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice.
2 Sam. 22
:15
22:15
And He sent forth arrows and scattered
1my enemies;
Lightning bolts, and discomfited them.
2 Sam. 22
:16
22:16
The achannels of the sea were seen,
The foundations of the habitable land were laid bare,
By the rebuke of Jehovah,
At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
2 Sam. 22
:17
22:17
He reached forth from on high; He took me;
He
adrew me out of great waters.
2 Sam. 22
:18
22:18
He delivered me from my strong enemy
And from those who hate me, for they were too mighty for me.
2 Sam. 22
:19
22:19
They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But Jehovah became my support.
2 Sam. 22
:20
22:20
He brought me forth to a place broad and free;
He rescued me, for He took delight in me.
2 Sam. 22
:21
22:21
Jehovah has recompensed me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
2 Sam. 22
:22
22:22
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah
And have not acted wickedly
by turning away from my God.
2 Sam. 22
:23
22:23
For all His judgments were before me,
And as for His statutes, I did not turn away from them.
2 Sam. 22
:24
22:24
I was perfect toward Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
2 Sam. 22
:25
22:25
Therefore Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness in His sight.
2 Sam. 22
:26
22:26
With the faithful You show Yourself faithful,
With the perfect man You show Yourself perfect,
2 Sam. 22
:27
22:27
With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the perverse You show Yourself contrary.
2 Sam. 22
:28
22:28
And You save the afflicted people,
But Your eyes are upon the haughty that You may bring
them down;
2 Sam. 22
:29
22:29
For You are my
alamp, O Jehovah.
And Jehovah lights up my darkness;
2 Sam. 22
:30
22:30
For by You I can run up against a troop;
By my God I can leap over a wall.
2 Sam. 22
:31
22:31
As for God, His way is perfect;
The word of Jehovah is
atried.
He is a
bshield to all who take refuge in Him.
2 Sam. 22
:32
22:32
For who is God other than Jehovah,
And who is a rock except our God?
2 Sam. 22
:33
22:33
God is my strong fortress,
And He
1makes my way perfect;
2 Sam. 22
:34
22:34
aHe makes
1my feet like hinds’
feet And sets me on my
bhigh places;
2 Sam. 22
:35
22:35
aHe teaches my hands to wage war
So that my arms may bend a bronze bow.
2 Sam. 22
:36
22:36
And You have given me the
ashield of Your salvation,
And Your condescending gentleness has made me great.
2 Sam. 22
:37
22:37
You have broadened the places of my steps under me,
And my feet have not slipped.
2 Sam. 22
:38
22:38
I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
2 Sam. 22
:39
22:39
And I devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise up;
Indeed, they have fallen under my feet.
2 Sam. 22
:40
22:40
And You girded me with strength for war;
You brought down under me those who rose up against me.
2 Sam. 22
:41
22:41
You also made my enemies turn
their back to me,
And I annihilated those who hated me.
2 Sam. 22
:42
22:42
They looked, but there was no one to save
them;
They looked to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.
2 Sam. 22
:43
22:43
Then I beat them like the dust of the earth;
I pounded them, I stamped them, like the mud of the streets.
2 Sam. 22
:44
22:44
And You rescued me from the strivings of my people;
You have kept me
as the head of the nations;
A people whom I have
anot known serves me.
2 Sam. 22
:45
22:45
Foreigners come cringing to me;
At the
mere hearing of a report, they obey me;
2 Sam. 22
:46
22:46
Foreigners are discouraged
And
1come quaking out of their fortresses.
2 Sam. 22
:47
22:47
Jehovah alives; and blessed be my rock,
And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
2 Sam. 22
:48
22:48
The God who executes vengeance for me
And brings down peoples under me,
2 Sam. 22
:49
22:49
And who brings me forth from my enemies.
Yes, You exalted me above those who rise up against me;
From the violent man You delivered me.
2 Sam. 22
:50
22:50
aTherefore I give thanks to You among the nations, O Jehovah;
And I sing psalms to Your name.
2 Sam. 22
:51
22:51
It is He who magnifies salvation to His
aking And executes lovingkindness to His
banointed,
To David and to his
cseed forever.
