| 22 | 2 Samuel | ||
| 1 | And David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song on the day when Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. | David's victory song. 2Sm.22.1-51 - Ps.18 | |
| 2 | He said, | ||
| 3 | my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my saviour; you save me from violence. | ||
| 4 | I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. | ||
| 5 | "For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me; | ||
| 6 | the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me. | ||
| 7 | "In my distress I called upon Yahweh; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears. | ||
| 8 | "Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry. | ||
| 9 | Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him. | ||
| 10 | He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet. | ||
| 11 | He rode on a cherub, and flew; he was seen upon the wings of the wind. | ||
| 12 | He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water. | ||
| 13 | Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth. | ||
| 14 | Yahweh thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. | ||
| 15 | And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and routed them. | ||
| 16 | Then the channels of the sea were seen, the foundations of the world were laid bare, at the rebuke of Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. | ||
| 17 | "He reached from on high, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. | ||
| 18 | He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me. | ||
| 19 | They came upon me in the day of my calamity; but Yahweh was my stay. | ||
| 20 | He brought me forth into a broad place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. | ||
| 21 | "Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me. | ||
| 22 | For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God. | ||
| 23 | For all his ordinances were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside. | ||
| 24 | I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt. | ||
| 25 | Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight. | ||
| 26 | "With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; | ||
| 27 | with the pure you show yourself pure, and with the crooked you show yourself perverse. | ||
| 28 | You deliver a humble people, but your eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down. | ||
| 29 | Yea, you are my lamp, O Yahweh, and my God lightens my darkness. | ||
| 30 | Yea, by you I can crush a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. | ||
| 31 | This God - his way is perfect; the promise of Yahweh proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. | ||
| 32 | "For who is God, but Yahweh? And who is a rock, except our God? | ||
| 33 | This God is my strong refuge, and has made my way safe. | ||
| 34 | He made my feet like hinds' feet, and set me secure on the heights. | ||
| 35 | He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. | ||
| 36 | You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your help made me great. | ||
| 37 | You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip; | ||
| 38 | I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed. | ||
| 39 | I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet. | ||
| 40 | For you girded me with strength for the battle; you made my assailants sink under me. | ||
| 41 | You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them. | ||
| 42 | They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to Yahweh, but he did not answer them. | ||
| 43 | I beat them fine as the dust of the earth, I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets. | ||
| 44 | "You delivered me from strife with the peoples; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me. | ||
| 45 | Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me. | ||
| 46 | Foreigners lost heart, and came trembling out of their fastnesses. | ||
| 47 | "Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation, | ||
| 48 | the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me, | ||
| 49 | who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above my adversaries, you delivered me from men of violence. | ||
| 50 | "For this I will extol you, O Yahweh, among the nations, and sing praises to your name. | ||
| 51 | Great triumphs he gives to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David, and his descendants for ever." | ||
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