2 Samuel 22

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this verse, in the day that the Lord freed him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.	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:
2 And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.	2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3 I will hope in him. God is my strong one, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. He lifts me up, and he is my refreshment. You, O my Savior, will free me from iniquity.	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.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies.	4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5 For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me.	5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6 The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me.	6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
7 In my tribulation, I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry out to my God. And he will heed my voice from his temple, and my outcry will reach his ears.	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.
8 The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them.	8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
9 Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.	9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
10 He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.	10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
11 And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid upon the wings of the wind.	11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.	12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
13 By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled.	13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
14 The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice.	14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15 He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.	15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 And the overflow of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the globe were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the exhale of the breath of his fury.	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.
17 He sent from on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters.	17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
18 He freed me from my most powerful enemy and from those who had hated me. For they were too strong for me.	18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19 He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.	19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
20 And he led me out to a wide-open place. He freed me, because I was pleasing to him.	20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.	21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22 For I have kept to the ways of the Lord, and I have not acted impiously before my God.	22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.	23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.	24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice, and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.	25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
26 With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.	26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
27 With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.	27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
28 And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.	28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
29 For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.	29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
30 For in you, I will run girded. In my God, I will leap over the wall.	30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
31 God, his way is immaculate; the eloquence of the Lord is an exacting fire. He is the shield of all who hope in him.	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.
32 Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God?	32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
33 God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:	33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
34 making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places,	34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
35 teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.	35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
36 You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.	36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
37 You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.	37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
38 I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.	38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
39 I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet.	39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40 You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.	40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
41 You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me; they have hatred for me, and I shall destroy them.	41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
42 They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them.	42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
43 I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth. I will break them apart and crush them, like the mud of the streets.	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.
44 You will save me from the contradictions of my people. You will preserve me to be the head of the Gentiles; a people I do not know shall serve me.	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.
45 The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.	45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
46 The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.	46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
47 The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.	47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
48 God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.	48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
49 He leads me away from my enemies, and he lifts me up from those who resist me. You will free me from the iniquitous man.	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.
50 Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name:	50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
51 magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.”	51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.