Kings II 22
1 And 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.
And David spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul;
2 And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3 my 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; you shall save me from the unjust man.
The God who is my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; my saviour, Thou savest me from violence.
4 I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies.
5 For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me. (Sheol h7585)
7 When 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.
In my distress I called upon the LORD, yea, I called unto my God; and out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry did enter into His ears.
8 And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was angry with them.
Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of heaven did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.
9 There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.
10 And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
11 And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.
And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 And 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.
And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13 At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth.
14 The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High gave forth His voice.
15 And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 And 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.
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
17 He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.
He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters;
18 He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19 The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.
20 And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.
21 And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
22 Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
For all His ordinances were before me; and as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
And I was single-hearted toward Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.
26 With the holy you will be holy, and with the perfect man you will be perfect,
With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright,
27 and with the excellent you will be excellent, and with the froward you will be froward.
With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.
28 And you will save the poor people, and will bring down the eyes of the haughty.
And the afflicted people Thou dost save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.
29 For you, Lord, [are] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.
30 For by you shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall.
31 As 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.
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.
32 Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
For 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.
The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight;
34 He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places.
Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;
35 He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
36 And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me,
Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation; and Thy condescension hath made me great.
37 so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
38 I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.
39 And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, that they cannot arise; yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40 And you shall strengthen me with power for the war; you shall cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
41 And you have caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and you have slain them.
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me; yea, them that hate me, that I might cut them off.
42 They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but He answered them not.
43 And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.
44 And you shall deliver me from the striving of the peoples, you shall keep me [to be] the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.
Thou also hast delivered me from the contentions of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known serve me.
45 The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they listened to me as soon as they heard.
The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
46 The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.
47 The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
The LORD liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, my Rock of salvation;
48 The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth down peoples under me,
49 and bringing me out from my enemies: and you shall set me on high from among those that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the violent man.
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies; yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
50 Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.
51 He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
A tower of salvation is He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
