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2 Samuel 22
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1And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
1And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
2And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him : [he is] my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; thou shalt save me from the unjust man.
3The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
4I will call upon the Lordwho is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
4I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.
6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
7When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come into his ears.
7In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
8And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was wroth with them.
8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
9There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
10And he bowed the heavens , and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
11And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.
11And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.
12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
13At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
13Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
14The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
14The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger.
16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.
17He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
18He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
18He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
19They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
20And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
20He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
21The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22Because I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
22For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
23For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
24I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
25And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye -sight.
25Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
26With the holy thou wilt be holy, and with the perfect man thou wilt be perfect,
26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
27and with the excellent thou wilt be excellent, and with the froward thou wilt be froward.
27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
28And thou wilt savethe poor people, and wilt bring down the eyes of the haughty.
28And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
29For thou , Lord, [art] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
29For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
30For by thee shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
30For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
31As for the Mighty One, his way [is] blameless: the word of the Lord [is] strong [and] tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust in him.
31As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.