New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Samuel 22:29-46

29 1For You are my lampH5216, O LordH3068; And the LordH3068 illuminesH5050 my darknessH2822.30 2For by You I can 3runH7323 upon a troopH1416; By my GodH430 I can leapH1801 over a wallH7791.31 4As for GodH410, His wayH1870 is 5blamelessH8549; 6The wordH565 of the LordH3068 is testedH6884; 7He is a shieldH4043 to allH3605 who takeH2620 refugeH2620 in Him.32 8For whoH4310 is GodH410, besidesH1107 the LordH3068? 9And whoH4310 is a rockH6697, besidesH1107 our GodH430?33 10GodH410 is my strongH2428 fortressH4581; And He 11setsH5425 the 12blamelessH8549 in 13His wayH1870.34 14He makesH7737 15my feetH7272 like hinds’H355 feet, 16And setsH5975 me on my highH1116 placesH1116.35 17He trainsH3925 my handsH3027 for battleH4421, 18So that my armsH2220 can bendH5181 a bowH7198 of bronzeH5154.36You have also givenH5414 me 19the shieldH4043 of Your salvationH3468, And Your 20helpH6038 makesH7235 me greatH7235.37 21You enlargeH7337 my stepsH6806 underH8478 me, And my 22feetH7166 have not slippedH4571.38I pursuedH7291 my enemiesH340 and 23destroyedH8045 them, And I did not turnH7725 backH7725 untilH5704 they were consumedH3615.39And I have devouredH3615 them and shatteredH4272 them, so that they did not riseH6965; And 24they fellH5307 underH8478 my feetH7272.40For You have girdedH247 me with strengthH2428 for battleH4421; You have 25subduedH3766 underH8478 me 26those who roseH6965 up against me.41You have also 27madeH5414 my enemiesH340 turnH5414 their backsH6203 to me, And I 28destroyedH6789 those who hatedH8130 me.42 29They lookedH8159, but thereH369 was noneH369 to saveH3467; 30Even to the LordH3068, but He did not answerH6030 them.43 31Then I pulverizedH7833 them as the dustH6083 of the earthH776; 32I crushedH1854 and stampedH7554 them as the mireH2916 of the streetsH2351.44 33You have also deliveredH6403 me from the contentionsH7379 of my peopleH5971; 34You have keptH8104 me as headH7218 of the nationsH1471; 35A peopleH5971 whom I have not knownH3045 serveH5647 me.45 36ForeignersH1121 H5236 pretendH3584 obedienceH3584 to me; As soon as they hearH241 H8085, they obeyH8085 me.46ForeignersH1121 H5236 37loseH5034 heartH5034, 38And 39comeH2296 tremblingH2296 out of their 40fortressesH4526.

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Notes

1. 2 Samuel 22:29 2 Sam 21:17; 1 Kin 11:36; Ps 27:1 ↩
2. 2 Samuel 22:30 2 Sam 5:6-8 ↩
3. 2 Samuel 22:30 Or crush a troop ↩
4. 2 Samuel 22:31 Deut 32:4; Matt 5:48 ↩
5. 2 Samuel 22:31 Lit complete; or having integrity ↩
6. 2 Samuel 22:31 Ps 12:6; 119:140; Prov 30:5 ↩
7. 2 Samuel 22:31 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 84:9 ↩
8. 2 Samuel 22:32 1 Sam 2:2 ↩
9. 2 Samuel 22:32 2 Sam 22:2 ↩
10. 2 Samuel 22:33 2 Sam 22:2; Ps 31:3, 4 ↩
11. 2 Samuel 22:33 Or sets free ↩
12. 2 Samuel 22:33 Lit complete; or having integrity ↩
13. 2 Samuel 22:33 Another reading is my ↩
14. 2 Samuel 22:34 2 Sam 2:18; Hab 3:19 ↩
15. 2 Samuel 22:34 Another reading is His ↩
16. 2 Samuel 22:34 Deut 32:13 ↩
17. 2 Samuel 22:35 Ps 144:1 ↩
18. 2 Samuel 22:35 Job 20:24 ↩
19. 2 Samuel 22:36 Eph 6:16, 17 ↩
20. 2 Samuel 22:36 Lit answering ↩
21. 2 Samuel 22:37 2 Sam 22:20; Prov 4:12 ↩
22. 2 Samuel 22:37 Lit ankles ↩
23. 2 Samuel 22:38 Ex 15:9 ↩
24. 2 Samuel 22:39 Mal 4:3 ↩
25. 2 Samuel 22:40 Lit caused to bow down ↩
26. 2 Samuel 22:40 Ps 44:5 ↩
27. 2 Samuel 22:41 Ex 23:27; Josh 10:24 ↩
28. 2 Samuel 22:41 Or silenced ↩
29. 2 Samuel 22:42 Is 17:7, 8 ↩
30. 2 Samuel 22:42 1 Sam 28:6; Is 1:15 ↩
31. 2 Samuel 22:43 2 Kin 13:7 ↩
32. 2 Samuel 22:43 Is 10:6; Mic 7:10 ↩
33. 2 Samuel 22:44 2 Sam 3:1; 19:9, 14 ↩
34. 2 Samuel 22:44 2 Sam 8:1-14 ↩
35. 2 Samuel 22:44 Is 55:5 ↩
36. 2 Samuel 22:45 Ps 66:3; 81:15 ↩
37. 2 Samuel 22:46 Lit languish ↩
38. 2 Samuel 22:46 1 Sam 14:11; Mic 7:17 ↩
39. 2 Samuel 22:46 Lit gird themselves ↩
40. 2 Samuel 22:46 Lit fastnesses ↩

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