2 Samuel 22

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