2 Samuel 21:1–22:51
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2 Samuel 21:1–22:51 · Psalm 67 (MT: 68) · Proverbs 17:2–4 · John 8:28–59
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1And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, [There is] guilt upon Sauland his house because of his bloody murder, whereby he slew the Gabaonites.
1Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
2And king David called the Gabaonites, and said to them; —(now the Gabaonites are not the children of Israel, but [are] of the remnant of the Amorite, and the children of Israel had sworn to them: but Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Juda.)
2And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
3And David said to the Gabaonites, What shall I do to you? and wherewithal shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
3Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
4And the Gabaonites said to him, We have no [question about] silver or gold with Saul and with his house; and there is no man for us to put to death in Israel.
4And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
5And he said, What say ye? speak, and I will do it for you. And they said to the king, The man who would have made an end of us, and persecuted us, who plotted against us to destroy us, let us utterly destroy him, so that he shall have no standing in all the coasts of Israel.
5And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
6Let one give us seven men of his sons , and let us hang them up in the sun to the Lord in Gabaon of Saul, as chosen out for the Lord . And the king said, I will give [them].
6Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
7But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lordthat was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
7But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8And the king took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bore to Saul, Hermonoi and Memphibosthe, and the five sons of Michol daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Esdriel son of Berzelli the Moülathite.
8But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
9And he gave them into the hand of the Gabaonites, and they hanged them up to the sun in the mountain before the Lord: and they fell, even the seven together: moreover they were put to death in the days of harvest at the commencement, in the beginning of barley -harvest.
9And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
10And Respha the daughter of Aia took sackcloth, and fixed it for herself on the rock in the beginning of barley harvest, until water dropped upon them out of heaven: and she did not suffer the birds of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
10And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
11And it was told David what Respha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saulhad done, [and they were faint, and Dan the son of Joa of the offspring of the giants overtook them.]
11And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of the sons of Jabis Galaad, who stole them from the street of Bæthsan; for the Philistines set them there in the day in which the Philistines smote Saul in Gelbue.
12And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh–gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth–shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
13And he carried up thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and gathered the bones of them that had been hanged.
13And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
14And they buried the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the hill, in the sepulchre of Cis his father; and they did all things that the king commanded: and after this God hearkened to [the prayers of] the land.
14And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
15And there was yet war between the Philistines and Israel: and David went downand his servants with him, and they fought with the Philistines, and David went.
15Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
16And Jesbi, who was of the progeny of Rapha, and the head of whose spear [was] three hundred shekels of brass in weight, who also was girt with a club, even he thought to smite David.
16And Ishbi–benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
17And Abessa the son of Saruia helped himand smote the Philistine, and slew him. Then the men of David swore, saying, Thou shalt not any longer go out with us to battle, and thou shalt not quench the lamp of Israel.
17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
18And after thisthere was a battle again with the Philistines in Geth: then Sebocha the Astatothite slew Seph of the progeny of Rapha.
18And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
19And there was a battle in Rom with the Philistines; and Eleanan son of Ariorgim the Bethleemite slew Goliath the Gittite; and the staff of his spear [was] as a weaver's beam.
19And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare–oregim, a Beth–lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
20And there was yet a battle in Geth: and there was a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet [were] six on each, four and twenty in number: and he also was born to Rapha.
20And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
21And he defied Israel, and Jonathan son of Semei brother of David, smote him.
21And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
22These four were born descendants of the giants in Geth, the family of Rapha; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
22These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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.
32Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
32For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?
33[It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
33God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
34He makes my feet like harts' feet, and sets me upon the high places.
34He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
35He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
36And thou hast given me the shield of my salvation, and thy propitious dealing has increased me,
36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
37so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
38I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
39And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
39And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
41And thou hast caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and thou hast slain them.
41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
42They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them .
42They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
43And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
43Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
44And thou shalt deliver me from the striving of the peoples, thou shalt keep me [to be] the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.
44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
45The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they hearkened to me as soon as they heard.
45Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
46The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding-places.
46Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
47The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
47The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
48The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
48It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
49and bringing me out from my enemies: and thou shalt set me on high from among those that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver me from the violent man.
49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
50Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.
50Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
51He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for Davidand for his seed for ever.
51He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.