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New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Samuel 22

David’s Psalm of Deliverance

11And David spoke 2the words of this song to the Lord in the day that the Lord delivered him from the 3hand of all his enemies and from the 4hand of Saul. 2He said, “5The Lord is my 6rock and my fortress and my deliverer;378My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My 9shield and 10the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and 11my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence.4I call upon the Lord, 12who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.5For 13the waves of death encompassed me; 14The torrents of 15destruction 16overwhelmed me;617The cords of 18Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.719In my distress I called upon the Lord, Yes, I 20cried to my God; And from His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears.8Then 21the earth shook and quaked, 22The foundations of heaven were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.9Smoke went up 23out of His nostrils, 24Fire from His mouth devoured; 25Coals were kindled by it.10He bowed the heavens also, and came down With 26thick darkness under His feet.1127And He rode on a cherub and flew; And He 28appeared on 29the wings of the wind.1230And He made darkness 31canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.13From the brightness before Him 32Coals of fire were kindled.1433The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice.1534And He sent out arrows, and scattered them, Lightning, and 35routed them.16Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were 36laid bare By the rebuke of the Lord, 37At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.1738He sent from on high, He took me; 39He drew me out of many waters.18He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.19They confronted me in the day of my calamity, 40But the Lord was my support.2041He also brought me forth into a broad place; He rescued me, 42because He delighted in me.2143The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; 44According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.2245For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not acted wickedly against my God.2346For all His ordinances were before me, And as for His statutes, I did not depart from 47them.2448I was also 49blameless toward Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.2550Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.2651With the 52kind You show Yourself 53kind, With the 54blameless You show Yourself 55blameless;2756With the pure You show Yourself pure, 57And with the perverted You show Yourself 58astute.2859And You save an afflicted people; 60But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.2961For You are my lamp, O Lord; And the Lord illumines my darkness.3062For by You I can 63run upon a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall.3164As for God, His way is 65blameless; 66The word of the Lord is tested; 67He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.3268For who is God, besides the Lord? 69And who is a rock, besides our God?3370God is my strong fortress; And He 71sets the 72blameless in 73His way.3474He makes 75my feet like hinds’ feet, 76And sets me on my high places.3577He trains my hands for battle, 78So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.36You have also given me 79the shield of Your salvation, And Your 80help makes me great.3781You enlarge my steps under me, And my 82feet have not slipped.38I pursued my enemies and 83destroyed them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.39And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise; And 84they fell under my feet.40For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have 85subdued under me 86those who rose up against me.41You have also 87made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I 88destroyed those who hated me.4289They looked, but there was none to save; 90Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.4391Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth; 92I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.4493You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; 94You have kept me as head of the nations; 95A people whom I have not known serve me.4596Foreigners pretend obedience to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.46Foreigners 97lose heart, 98And 99come trembling out of their 100fortresses.47The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be 101102God, the rock of my salvation,48103The God who executes vengeance for me, 104And brings down peoples under me,49Who also brings me out from my enemies; You even lift me above 105those who rise up against me; 106You rescue me from the violent man.50107Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the nations, And I will sing praises to Your name.51108He is a tower of 109deliverance to His king, And 110shows lovingkindness to His anointed, 111To David and his 112descendants forever.”

Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 22:1 Ps 18:2-50 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 22:1 Ex 15:1; Deut 31:30 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 22:1 Lit palm ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 22:1 Lit palm ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 22:2 1 Sam 23:25; 24:2; Ps 31:3; 71:3 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 22:2 Lit crag ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 22:3 Lit God of my rock ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 22:3 Deut 32:4, 37; 1 Sam 2:2 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Samuel 22:3 Gen 15:1; Deut 33:29 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Samuel 22:3 Luke 1:69 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Samuel 22:3 Ps 9:9 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Samuel 22:4 Ps 48:1; 96:4 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Samuel 22:5 Ps 93:4; Jon 2:3 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Samuel 22:5 Ps 69:14, 15 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Samuel 22:5 Heb Belial ↩
  16. 16. 2 Samuel 22:5 Or terrified ↩
  17. 17. 2 Samuel 22:6 Ps 116:3 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Samuel 22:6 I.e. the nether world ↩
  19. 19. 2 Samuel 22:7 Ps 116:4; 120:1 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Samuel 22:7 Or called ↩
  21. 21. 2 Samuel 22:8 Judg 5:4; Ps 97:4 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Samuel 22:8 Job 26:11 ↩
  23. 23. 2 Samuel 22:9 Or in His wrath ↩
  24. 24. 2 Samuel 22:9 Ps 97:3; Heb 12:29 ↩
  25. 25. 2 Samuel 22:9 2 Sam 22:13 ↩
  26. 26. 2 Samuel 22:10 Ex 19:16; 1 Kin 8:12; Ps 97:2; Nah 1:3 ↩
  27. 27. 2 Samuel 22:11 2 Sam 6:2 ↩
  28. 28. 2 Samuel 22:11 Many mss read sped ↩
  29. 29. 2 Samuel 22:11 Ps 104:3 ↩
  30. 30. 2 Samuel 22:12 Job 36:29 ↩
  31. 31. 2 Samuel 22:12 Or pavilions ↩
  32. 32. 2 Samuel 22:13 2 Sam 22:9 ↩
  33. 33. 2 Samuel 22:14 Job 37:2-5; Ps 29:3 ↩
  34. 34. 2 Samuel 22:15 Deut 32:23; Josh 10:10; 1 Sam 7:10 ↩
  35. 35. 2 Samuel 22:15 Lit confused ↩
  36. 36. 2 Samuel 22:16 Or uncovered ↩
  37. 37. 2 Samuel 22:16 Ex 15:8; Nah 1:4 ↩
  38. 38. 2 Samuel 22:17 Ps 144:7 ↩
  39. 39. 2 Samuel 22:17 Ex 2:10 ↩
  40. 40. 2 Samuel 22:19 Ps 23:4 ↩
  41. 41. 2 Samuel 22:20 Ps 31:8; 118:5 ↩
  42. 42. 2 Samuel 22:20 2 Sam 15:26 ↩
  43. 43. 2 Samuel 22:21 1 Sam 26:23; 1 Kin 8:32 ↩
  44. 44. 2 Samuel 22:21 Ps 24:4 ↩
  45. 45. 2 Samuel 22:22 Gen 18:19; Ps 128:1; Prov 8:32 ↩
  46. 46. 2 Samuel 22:23 Deut 6:6-9; Ps 119:30, 102 ↩
  47. 47. 2 Samuel 22:23 Lit it ↩
  48. 48. 2 Samuel 22:24 Gen 6:9; 7:1; Eph 1:4; Col 1:21, 22 ↩
  49. 49. 2 Samuel 22:24 Lit complete; or having integrity ↩
  50. 50. 2 Samuel 22:25 2 Sam 22:21 ↩
  51. 51. 2 Samuel 22:26 Matt 5:7 ↩
  52. 52. 2 Samuel 22:26 Or loyal ↩
  53. 53. 2 Samuel 22:26 Or loyal ↩
  54. 54. 2 Samuel 22:26 Lit complete; or having integrity ↩
  55. 55. 2 Samuel 22:26 Lit complete; or having integrity ↩
  56. 56. 2 Samuel 22:27 Matt 5:8; 1 John 3:3 ↩
  57. 57. 2 Samuel 22:27 Lev 26:23, 24; Rom 1:28 ↩
  58. 58. 2 Samuel 22:27 Lit twisted ↩
  59. 59. 2 Samuel 22:28 Ex 3:7, 8; Ps 72:12, 13 ↩
  60. 60. 2 Samuel 22:28 Is 2:11, 12, 17; 5:15 ↩
  61. 61. 2 Samuel 22:29 2 Sam 21:17; 1 Kin 11:36; Ps 27:1 ↩
  62. 62. 2 Samuel 22:30 2 Sam 5:6-8 ↩
  63. 63. 2 Samuel 22:30 Or crush a troop ↩
  64. 64. 2 Samuel 22:31 Deut 32:4; Matt 5:48 ↩
  65. 65. 2 Samuel 22:31 Lit complete; or having integrity ↩
  66. 66. 2 Samuel 22:31 Ps 12:6; 119:140; Prov 30:5 ↩
  67. 67. 2 Samuel 22:31 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 84:9 ↩
  68. 68. 2 Samuel 22:32 1 Sam 2:2 ↩
  69. 69. 2 Samuel 22:32 2 Sam 22:2 ↩
  70. 70. 2 Samuel 22:33 2 Sam 22:2; Ps 31:3, 4 ↩
  71. 71. 2 Samuel 22:33 Or sets free ↩
  72. 72. 2 Samuel 22:33 Lit complete; or having integrity ↩
  73. 73. 2 Samuel 22:33 Another reading is my ↩
  74. 74. 2 Samuel 22:34 2 Sam 2:18; Hab 3:19 ↩
  75. 75. 2 Samuel 22:34 Another reading is His ↩
  76. 76. 2 Samuel 22:34 Deut 32:13 ↩
  77. 77. 2 Samuel 22:35 Ps 144:1 ↩
  78. 78. 2 Samuel 22:35 Job 20:24 ↩
  79. 79. 2 Samuel 22:36 Eph 6:16, 17 ↩
  80. 80. 2 Samuel 22:36 Lit answering ↩
  81. 81. 2 Samuel 22:37 2 Sam 22:20; Prov 4:12 ↩
  82. 82. 2 Samuel 22:37 Lit ankles ↩
  83. 83. 2 Samuel 22:38 Ex 15:9 ↩
  84. 84. 2 Samuel 22:39 Mal 4:3 ↩
  85. 85. 2 Samuel 22:40 Lit caused to bow down ↩
  86. 86. 2 Samuel 22:40 Ps 44:5 ↩
  87. 87. 2 Samuel 22:41 Ex 23:27; Josh 10:24 ↩
  88. 88. 2 Samuel 22:41 Or silenced ↩
  89. 89. 2 Samuel 22:42 Is 17:7, 8 ↩
  90. 90. 2 Samuel 22:42 1 Sam 28:6; Is 1:15 ↩
  91. 91. 2 Samuel 22:43 2 Kin 13:7 ↩
  92. 92. 2 Samuel 22:43 Is 10:6; Mic 7:10 ↩
  93. 93. 2 Samuel 22:44 2 Sam 3:1; 19:9, 14 ↩
  94. 94. 2 Samuel 22:44 2 Sam 8:1-14 ↩
  95. 95. 2 Samuel 22:44 Is 55:5 ↩
  96. 96. 2 Samuel 22:45 Ps 66:3; 81:15 ↩
  97. 97. 2 Samuel 22:46 Lit languish ↩
  98. 98. 2 Samuel 22:46 1 Sam 14:11; Mic 7:17 ↩
  99. 99. 2 Samuel 22:46 Lit gird themselves ↩
  100. 100. 2 Samuel 22:46 Lit fastnesses ↩
  101. 101. 2 Samuel 22:47 Lit the God of the rock ↩
  102. 102. 2 Samuel 22:47 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 89:26 ↩
  103. 103. 2 Samuel 22:48 1 Sam 24:12; 25:39; 2 Sam 4:8; Ps 94:1 ↩
  104. 104. 2 Samuel 22:48 Ps 144:2 ↩
  105. 105. 2 Samuel 22:49 Ps 44:5 ↩
  106. 106. 2 Samuel 22:49 Ps 140:1, 4, 11 ↩
  107. 107. 2 Samuel 22:50 Rom 15:9 ↩
  108. 108. 2 Samuel 22:51 Ps 144:10 ↩
  109. 109. 2 Samuel 22:51 I.e. victories; lit salvation ↩
  110. 110. 2 Samuel 22:51 Ps 89:24 ↩
  111. 111. 2 Samuel 22:51 2 Sam 7:12-16 ↩
  112. 112. 2 Samuel 22:51 Lit seed ↩

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22

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