Sh'muel (שמואל) - 2 Samuele 22

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וַיְדַבֵּר דָּוִד לַיהוָה אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת בְּיֹום הִצִּיל יְהוָה אֹתֹו מִכַּף כָּל־אֹיְבָיו וּמִכַּף שָׁאוּל	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.
2 וַיֹּאמַר יְהוָה סַלְעִי וּמְצֻדָתִי וּמְפַלְטִי־לִי	2 And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.
3 אֱלֹהֵי צוּרִי אֶחֱסֶה־בֹּו מָגִנִּי וְקֶרֶן יִשְׁעִי מִשְׂגַּבִּי וּמְנוּסִי מֹשִׁעִי מֵחָמָס תֹּשִׁעֵנִי	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.
4 מְהֻלָּל אֶקְרָא יְהוָה וּמֵאֹיְבַי אִוָּשֵׁעַ	4 I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies.
5 כִּי אֲפָפֻנִי מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָוֶת נַחֲלֵי בְלִיַּעַל יְבַעֲתֻנִי	5 For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me.
6 חֶבְלֵי שְׁאֹול סַבֻּנִי קִדְּמֻנִי מֹקְשֵׁי־מָוֶת	6 The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me.
7 בַּצַּר־לִי אֶקְרָא יְהוָה וְאֶל־אֱלֹהַי אֶקְרָא וַיִּשְׁמַע מֵהֵיכָלֹו קֹולִי וְשַׁוְעָתִי בְּאָזְנָיו	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.
8 [וַתְגָּעַשׁ כ] (וַיִּתְגָּעַשׁ ק) וַתִּרְעַשׁ הָאָרֶץ מֹוסְדֹות הַשָּׁמַיִם יִרְגָּזוּ וַיִּתְגָּעֲשׁוּ כִּי־חָרָה לֹו	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.
9 עָלָה עָשָׁן בְּאַפֹּו וְאֵשׁ מִפִּיו תֹּאכֵל גֶּחָלִים בָּעֲרוּ מִמֶּנּוּ	9 Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.
10 וַיֵּט שָׁמַיִם וַיֵּרַד וַעֲרָפֶל תַּחַת רַגְלָיו	10 He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.
11 וַיִּרְכַּב עַל־כְּרוּב וַיָּעֹף וַיֵּרָא עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רוּחַ	11 And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid upon the wings of the wind.
12 וַיָּשֶׁת חֹשֶׁךְ סְבִיבֹתָיו סֻכֹּות חַשְׁרַת־מַיִם עָבֵי שְׁחָקִים	12 He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.
13 מִנֹּגַהּ נֶגְדֹּו בָּעֲרוּ גַּחֲלֵי־אֵשׁ	13 By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled.
14 יַרְעֵם מִן־שָׁמַיִם יְהוָה וְעֶלְיֹון יִתֵּן קֹולֹו	14 The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice.
15 וַיִּשְׁלַח חִצִּים וַיְפִיצֵם בָּרָק [וַיְּהֻמֵּם כ] (וַיָּהֹם׃ ק)	15 He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.
16 וַיֵּרָאוּ אֲפִקֵי יָם יִגָּלוּ מֹסְדֹות תֵּבֵל בְּגַעֲרַת יְהוָה מִנִּשְׁמַת רוּחַ אַפֹּו	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.
17 יִשְׁלַח מִמָּרֹום יִקָּחֵנִי יַמְשֵׁנִי מִמַּיִם רַבִּים	17 He sent from on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters.
18 יַצִּילֵנִי מֵאֹיְבִי עָז מִשֹּׂנְאַי כִּי אָמְצוּ מִמֶּנִּי	18 He freed me from my most powerful enemy and from those who had hated me. For they were too strong for me.
19 יְקַדְּמֻנִי בְּיֹום אֵידִי וַיְהִי יְהוָה מִשְׁעָן לִי	19 He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.
20 וַיֹּצֵא לַמֶּרְחָב אֹתִי יְחַלְּצֵנִי כִּי־חָפֵץ בִּי	20 And he led me out to a wide-open place. He freed me, because I was pleasing to him.
21 יִגְמְלֵנִי יְהוָה כְּצִדְקָתִי כְּבֹר יָדַי יָשִׁיב לִי	21 The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 כִּי שָׁמַרְתִּי דַּרְכֵי יְהוָה וְלֹא רָשַׁעְתִּי מֵאֱלֹהָי	22 For I have kept to the ways of the Lord, and I have not acted impiously before my God.
23 כִּי כָל־ [מִשְׁפֹּטֹו כ] (מִשְׁפָּטָיו ק) לְנֶגְדִּי וְחֻקֹּתָיו לֹא־אָסוּר מִמֶּנָּה	23 For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.
24 וָאֶהְיֶה תָמִים לֹו וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָה מֵעֲוֹנִי	24 And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.
25 וַיָּשֶׁב יְהוָה לִי כְּצִדְקָתִי כְּבֹרִי לְנֶגֶד עֵינָיו	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.
26 עִם־חָסִיד תִּתְחַסָּד עִם־גִּבֹּור תָּמִים תִּתַּמָּם	26 With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.
27 עִם־נָבָר תִּתָּבָר וְעִם־עִקֵּשׁ תִּתַּפָּל	27 With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.
28 וְאֶת־עַם עָנִי תֹּושִׁיעַ וְעֵינֶיךָ עַל־רָמִים תַּשְׁפִּיל	28 And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.
29 כִּי־אַתָּה נֵירִי יְהוָה וַיהוָה יַגִּיהַּ חָשְׁכִּי	29 For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.
30 כִּי בְכָה אָרוּץ גְּדוּד בֵּאלֹהַי אֲדַלֶּג־שׁוּר	30 For in you, I will run girded. In my God, I will leap over the wall.
31 הָאֵל תָּמִים דַּרְכֹּו אִמְרַת יְהוָה צְרוּפָה מָגֵן הוּא לְכֹל הַחֹסִים בֹּו	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.
32 כִּי מִי־אֵל מִבַּלְעֲדֵי יְהוָה וּמִי צוּר מִבַּלְעֲדֵי אֱלֹהֵינוּ	32 Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God?
33 הָאֵל מָעוּזִּי חָיִל וַיַּתֵּר תָּמִים [דַּרְכֹּו כ] (דַּרְכִּי׃ ק)	33 God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:
34 מְשַׁוֶּה [רַגְלָיו כ] (רַגְלַי ק) כָּאַיָּלֹות וְעַל בָּמֹותַי יַעֲמִדֵנִי	34 making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places,
35 מְלַמֵּד יָדַי לַמִּלְחָמָה וְנִחַת קֶשֶׁת־נְחוּשָׁה זְרֹעֹתָי	35 teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.
36 וַתִּתֶּן־לִי מָגֵן יִשְׁעֶךָ וַעֲנֹתְךָ תַּרְבֵּנִי	36 You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.
37 תַּרְחִיב צַעֲדִי תַּחְתֵּנִי וְלֹא מָעֲדוּ קַרְסֻלָּי	37 You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.
38 אֶרְדְּפָה אֹיְבַי וָאַשְׁמִידֵם וְלֹא אָשׁוּב עַד־כַּלֹּותָם	38 I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.
39 וָאֲכַלֵּם וָאֶמְחָצֵם וְלֹא יְקוּמוּן וַיִּפְּלוּ תַּחַת רַגְלָי	39 I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet.
40 וַתַּזְרֵנִי חַיִל לַמִּלְחָמָה תַּכְרִיעַ קָמַי תַּחְתֵּנִי	40 You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.
41 וְאֹיְבַי תַּתָּה לִּי עֹרֶף מְשַׂנְאַי וָאַצְמִיתֵם	41 You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me; they have hatred for me, and I shall destroy them.
42 יִשְׁעוּ וְאֵין מֹשִׁיעַ אֶל־יְהוָה וְלֹא עָנָם	42 They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them.
43 וְאֶשְׁחָקֵם כַּעֲפַר־אָרֶץ כְּטִיט־חוּצֹות אֲדִקֵּם אֶרְקָעֵם	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.
44 וַתְּפַלְּטֵנִי מֵרִיבֵי עַמִּי תִּשְׁמְרֵנִי לְרֹאשׁ גֹּויִם עַם לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי יַעַבְדֻנִי	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.
45 בְּנֵי נֵכָר יִתְכַּחֲשׁוּ־לִי לִשְׁמֹועַ אֹזֶן יִשָּׁמְעוּ לִי	45 The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.
46 בְּנֵי נֵכָר יִבֹּלוּ וְיַחְגְּרוּ מִמִּסְגְּרֹותָם	46 The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.
47 חַי־יְהוָה וּבָרוּךְ צוּרִי וְיָרֻם אֱלֹהֵי צוּר יִשְׁעִי	47 The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.
48 הָאֵל הַנֹּתֵן נְקָמֹת לִי וּמֹורִיד עַמִּים תַּחְתֵּנִי	48 God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.
49 וּמֹוצִיאִי מֵאֹיְבָי וּמִקָּמַי תְּרֹומְמֵנִי מֵאִישׁ חֲמָסִים תַּצִּילֵנִי	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.
50 עַל־כֵּן אֹודְךָ יְהוָה בַּגֹּויִם וּלְשִׁמְךָ אֲזַמֵּר	50 Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name:
51 [מִגְדִיל כ] (מִגְדֹּול ק) יְשׁוּעֹות מַלְכֹּו וְעֹשֶׂה־חֶסֶד לִמְשִׁיחֹו לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעֹו עַד־עֹולָם׃ ף	51 magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.”