2 Samuel 22

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,	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.
2 And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.	2 This is what he sang: I "O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer,
3 God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity.	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.
4 I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.	4 'Praised be the LORD,' I exclaim, and I am safe from my enemies.
5 For the pangs of death have sur rounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.	5 "The breakers of death surged round about me, the floods of perdition overwhelmed me;
6 The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.	6 The cords of the nether world enmeshed me, the snares of death overtook me.
7 In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to his ears.	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.
8 The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.	8 "The earth swayed and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook when his wrath flared up.
9 A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.	9 Smoke rose from his nostrils, and a devouring fire from his mouth; he kindled coals into flame.
10 He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.	10 He inclined the heavens and came down, with dark clouds under his feet.
11 And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.	11 He mounted a cherub and flew, borne on the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.	12 He made darkness the shelter about him, with spattering rain and thickening clouds.
13 By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled.	13 From the brightness of his presence coals were kindled to flame.
14 The Lord shall thunder from heaven: and the most high shall give forth his voice.	14 "The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High gave forth his voice.
15 He shot arrows and scattered them: lightning, and consumed them.	15 He sent forth arrows to put them to flight; he flashed lightning and routed them.
16 And the overflowings of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the spirit of his wrath.	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.
17 He sent from on high, and took me, and drew me out of many waters.	17 "He reached out from on high and grasped me; he drew me out of the deep waters.
18 He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.	18 He rescued me from my mighty enemy, from my foes, who were too powerful for me.
19 He prevented me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my stay.	19 They attacked me on my day of calamity, but the LORD came to my support.
20 And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him.	20 He set me free in the open, and rescued me, because he loves me.
21 The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.	21 "The LORD rewarded me according to my justice; according to the cleanness of my hands he requited me.
22 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.	22 For I kept the ways of the LORD and was not disloyal to my God.
23 For all his judgments are in my sight: and his precepts I have not removed from me.	23 For his ordinances were all present to me, and his statutes I put not from me;
24 And I shall be perfect with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.	24 But I was wholehearted toward him, and I was on my guard against guilt.
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 And the LORD requited me according to my justice, according to my innocence in his sight.
26 With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.	26 "Toward the faithful you are faithful; toward the wholehearted you are wholehearted;
27 With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.	27 Toward the sincere you are sincere; but toward the crooked you are astute.
28 And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eyes thou wilt humble the haughty.	28 You save lowly people, though on the lofty your eyes look down.
29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.	29 You are my lamp, O LORD! O my God, you brighten the darkness about me.
30 For in thee I will run girded: in my God I will leap over the wall.	30 For with your aid I run against an armed band, and by the help of my God I leap over a wall.
31 God, his way is immaculate, the word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all that trust in him.	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."
32 Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God?	32 "For who is God except the LORD? Who is a rock save our God?
33 God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect.	33 The God who girded me with strength and kept my way unerring;
34 Making my feet like the feet of harts, and setting me upon my high places.	34 Who made my feet swift as those of hinds and set me on the heights;
35 He teacheth my bands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.	35 Who trained my hands for war till my arms could bend a bow of brass.
36 Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.	36 "You have given me your saving shield, and your help has made me great.
37 Thou shalt enlarge my steps under me: and my ankles shall not fail.	37 You made room for my steps; unwavering was my stride.
38 I will pursue after my enemies, and crush them: and will not return again till I consume them.	38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, nor did I turn again till I made an end of them.
39 I will consume them and break them in pieces, so that they shall not rise: they shall fall under my feet.	39 I smote them and they did not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
40 Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.	40 "You girded me with strength for war; you subdued my adversaries beneath me.
41 My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.	41 My enemies you put to flight before me and those who hated me I destroyed.
42 They shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.	42 They cried for help-but no one saved them; to the LORD--but he answered them not.
43 I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets.	43 I ground them fine as the dust of the earth; like the mud in the streets I trampled them down.
44 Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know not, shall serve me,	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;
45 The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.	45 as soon as they heard me, they obeyed.
46 The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses.	46 The foreigners fawned and cringed before me; they staggered forth from their fortresses."
47 The Lord liveth, and my God is blessed: and the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted:	47 "The LORD live! And blessed be my Rock! Extolled be my God, rock of my salvation.
48 God who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me,	48 O God, who granted me vengeance, who made peoples subject to me
49 Who bringest me forth from my enemies, and liftest me up from them that resist me: from the wicked man thou shalt deliver me.	49 and helped me escape from my enemies, Above my adversaries you exalt me and from the violent man you rescue me.
50 Therefore will I give thanks to thee. O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.	50 Therefore will I proclaim you, O LORD, among the nations, and I will sing praise to your name,
51 Giving great salvation to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for ever.	51 You who gave great victories to your king and showed kindness to your anointed, to David and his posterity forever."