2SA-22:1 And 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:
2SA-22:2 And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress,
and my deliverer;
2SA-22:3 The 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.
2SA-22:4 I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised:
so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
2SA-22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of
ungodly men made me afraid;
2SA-22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of
death prevented me;
2SA-22:7 In 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.
2SA-22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of
heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
2SA-22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out
of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
2SA-22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness
[was] under his feet.
2SA-22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was
seen upon the wings of the wind.
2SA-22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark
waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.
2SA-22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire
kindled.
2SA-22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High
uttered his voice.
2SA-22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning,
and discomfited them.
2SA-22:16 And 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.
2SA-22:17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many
waters;
2SA-22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them
that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
2SA-22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the
LORD was my stay.
2SA-22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he
delivered me, because he delighted in me.
2SA-22:21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness:
according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
2SA-22:22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not
wickedly departed from my God.
2SA-22:23 For all his judgments [were] before me: and [as for]
his statutes, I did not depart from them.
2SA-22:24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself
from mine iniquity.
2SA-22:25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my
righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
2SA-22:26 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful,
[and] with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright.
2SA-22:27 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with
the froward thou wilt show thyself unsavoury.
2SA-22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine
eyes [are] upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them]
down.
2SA-22:29 For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will
lighten my darkness.
2SA-22:30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have
I leaped over a wall.
2SA-22:31 [As for] God, his way [is] perfect; the word of the
LORD [is] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him.
2SA-22:32 For who [is] God, save the LORD? and who [is] a rock,
save our God?
2SA-22:33 God [is] my strength [and] power: And he maketh my way
perfect.
2SA-22:34 He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet]: and setteth me
upon my high places.
2SA-22:35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is
broken by mine arms.
2SA-22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation:
and thy gentleness hath made me great.
2SA-22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet
did not slip.
2SA-22:38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and
turned not again until I had consumed them.
2SA-22:39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they
could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
2SA-22:40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them
that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
2SA-22:41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies,
that I might destroy them that hate me.
2SA-22:42 They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto
the LORD, but he answered them not.
2SA-22:43 Then 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.
2SA-22:44 Thou 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.
2SA-22:45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as
they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
2SA-22:46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid
out of their close places.
2SA-22:47 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted
be the God of the rock of my salvation.
2SA-22:48 It [is] God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down
the people under me,
2SA-22:49 And 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.
2SA-22:50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among
the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
2SA-22:51 [He is] the tower of salvation for his king: and
showeth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for
evermore.
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