2 Samuel 22

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
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:	1 David addressed the words of this song to Yahweh, when Yahweh had delivered him from theclutches of all his enemies and from the clutches of Saul.
2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;	2 He said: Yahweh is my rock and my fortress,
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.	3 my deliverer is my God. I take refuge in him, my rock, my shield, my saving strength, my stronghold,my place of refuge. My Saviour, you have saved me from violence;
4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.	4 I cal to Yahweh, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my foes.
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;	5 With Death's breakers closing in on me, Belial's torrents ready to swal ow me,
6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;	6 Sheol's snares on every side of me, Death's traps lying ahead of me,
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.	7 I cal ed to Yahweh in my anguish, I cried for help to my God, from his Temple he heard my voice, mycry came to his ears!
8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.	8 Then the earth quaked and rocked, the heavens' foundations shuddered, they quaked at his blazinganger.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.	9 Smoke rose from his nostrils, from his mouth devouring fire (coals were kindled at it).
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.	10 He parted the heavens and came down, a storm-cloud underneath his feet;
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.	11 riding one of the winged creatures, he flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.
12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.	12 He wrapped himself in darkness, his pavilion dark waters and dense cloud.
13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.	13 A brightness lit up before him, hail and blazing fire.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.	14 Yahweh thundered from the heavens, the Most High made his voice heard.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.	15 He shot his arrows and scattered them, his lightning flashed and routed them.
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.	16 The very springs of ocean were exposed, the world's foundations were laid bare, at the roaring ofYahweh, at the blast of breath from his nostrils!
17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;	17 He reached down from on high, snatched me up, pul ed me from the watery depths,
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.	18 rescued me from my mighty foe, from my enemies who were stronger than I.
19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.	19 They assailed me on my day of disaster, but Yahweh was there to support me,
20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.	20 he freed me, set me at large, he rescued me, because he loves me.
21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.	21 Yahweh rewards me for my uprightness, as my hands are pure so he repays me,
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.	22 since I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and not fal en away from my God.
23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.	23 His judgements are al before me, his statutes I have not put away from me;
24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.	24 I am blameless before him, I keep myself clear of evil.
25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.	25 Hence Yahweh repaid me for acting uprightly because he could see I was pure.
26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.	26 Faithful you are to the faithful, blameless with the blameless,
27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.	27 sincere to the sincere but cunning to the crafty,
28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.	28 you save a people that is humble and humiliate those with haughty looks.
29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.	29 Yahweh, you yourself are my lamp, my God lights up my darkness;
30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.	30 with you I storm the rampart with my God I can scale any wal .
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.	31 This God, his way is blameless; the word of Yahweh is refined in the furnace, for he alone is theshield of al who take refuge in him.
32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?	32 For who is God but Yahweh, who is a rock but our God:
33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.	33 this God who girds me with strength, who makes my way free from blame,
34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.	34 who makes me as swift as a deer and sets me firmly on the heights,
35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.	35 who trains my hands for battle my arms to bend a bow of bronze.
36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.	36 You give me your invincible shield, you never cease to listen to me,
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.	37 you give me the strides of a giant, give me ankles that never weaken-
38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.	38 I pursue my enemies and exterminate them, not turning back till they are annihilated;
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.	39 I strike them down, and they cannot rise, they fal , they are under my feet.
40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.	40 You have girded me with strength for the fight, bent down my assailants beneath me,
41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.	41 made my enemies retreat before me; and those who hate me I destroy.
42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.	42 They cry out, there is no one to save, to Yahweh, but no answer comes.
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.	43 I crumble them like the dust of the squares, trample them like the mud of the streets.
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.	44 You free me from the quarrels of my people, you place me at the head of the nations, a people I didnot know are now my servants,
45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.	45 foreigners come wooing my favour, no sooner do they hear than they obey me,
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.	46 foreigners grow faint of heart, they come trembling out of their fastnesses.
47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.	47 Life to Yahweh! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be the God of my salvation,
48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,	48 the God who gives me vengeance and crushes the peoples under me,
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.	49 who takes me away from my enemies. You lift me high above those who attack me, you deliver mefrom the man of violence.
50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.	50 For this I wil praise you, Yahweh, among the nations, and sing praise to your name.
51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.	51 He saves his king, time after time, displays faithful love for his anointed, for David and his heirs forever.