2 Samuel 22

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 David sang the words of this song to the LORD when the LORD had rescued him from the grasp 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 This is what he sang: I "O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer,	2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3 my God, my rock of refuge! My shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge, my savior, from violence you keep me safe.	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 'Praised be the LORD,' I exclaim, and I am safe 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 "The breakers of death surged round about me, the floods of perdition overwhelmed me;	5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6 The cords of the nether world enmeshed me, the snares of death overtook me.	6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
7 In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried out to my God; From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry reached 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 swayed and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook when his wrath flared up.	8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
9 Smoke rose from his nostrils, and a devouring fire from his mouth; he kindled coals into flame.	9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
10 He inclined the heavens and came down, with dark clouds under his feet.	10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
11 He mounted a cherub and flew, borne 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 made darkness the shelter about him, with spattering rain and thickening clouds.	12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
13 From the brightness of his presence coals were kindled to flame.	13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
14 "The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High gave forth his voice.	14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15 He sent forth arrows to put them to flight; he flashed lightning and routed them.	15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 Then the wellsprings of the sea appeared, the foundations of the earth were laid bare, At the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the wind of his wrath.	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 out from on high and grasped me; he drew me out of the deep waters.	17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
18 He rescued me from my mighty enemy, from my foes, who were too powerful for me.	18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19 They attacked me on my day of calamity, but the LORD came to my support.	19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
20 He set me free in the open, and 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 "The LORD rewarded me according to my justice; according to the cleanness of my hands he requited me.	21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22 For I kept the ways of the LORD and was not disloyal to my God.	22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For his ordinances were all present to me, and his statutes I put not from me;	23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 But I was wholehearted toward him, and I was on my guard against guilt.	24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
25 And the LORD requited me according to my justice, according to my innocence in his sight.	25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
26 "Toward the faithful you are faithful; toward the wholehearted you are wholehearted;	26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
27 Toward the sincere you are sincere; but toward the crooked you are astute.	27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
28 You save lowly people, though on the lofty your eyes look down.	28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
29 You are my lamp, O LORD! O my God, you brighten the darkness about me.	29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
30 For with your aid I run against an armed band, and by the help of my God I leap over a wall.	30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
31 God's way is unerring; the promise of the LORD is fire-tried; he is a shield to all 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 except the LORD? Who is a rock save our God?	32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
33 The God who girded me with strength and kept my way unerring;	33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
34 Who made my feet swift as those of hinds and set me on the heights;	34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
35 Who trained my hands for war till my arms could bend 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 your saving shield, and your help has made me great.	36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
37 You made room for my steps; unwavering was my stride.	37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, nor did I turn again till I made an end of them.	38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
39 I smote them and they did not rise; they fell beneath 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 girded me with strength for war; you subdued my adversaries beneath me.	40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
41 My enemies you put to flight before me and those who hated me I destroyed.	41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
42 They cried for help-but no one saved them; to the LORD--but he answered them not.	42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
43 I ground them fine as the dust of the earth; like the mud in the streets I trampled them down.	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 rescued me from the strife of my people; you made me head over nations. A people I had not known became my slaves;	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 as soon as they heard me, they obeyed.	45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
46 The foreigners fawned and cringed before me; they staggered forth from their fortresses."	46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
47 "The LORD live! And blessed be my Rock! Extolled be my God, rock of my salvation.	47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
48 O God, who granted me vengeance, who made peoples subject to me	48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
49 and helped me escape from my enemies, Above my adversaries you exalt me and from the violent man you rescue 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.
50 Therefore will I proclaim you, O LORD, among the nations, and I will 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 You who gave great victories to your king and showed kindness to your anointed, to David and his posterity 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.