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New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Samuel 22

David’s Psalm of Deliverance

11Now David spoke 2the words of this song to the Lord on the day that the Lord had saved 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 floods of 15destruction terrified me;616The ropes of 17Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.718In my distress I called upon the Lord, Yes, I called out to my God; And from His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears.8Then 19the earth shook and quaked, 20The foundations of heaven were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.9Smoke went up 21out of His nostrils, 22And fire from His mouth was devouring; 23Coals were kindled by it.10He also bowed the heavens down low, and came down With 24thick darkness under His feet.1125He rode on a cherub and flew; He 26appeared on 27the wings of the wind.1228He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.13From the brightness before Him 29Coals of fire were kindled.1430The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice.1531And He shot arrows and scattered them, Lightning, and 32routed them.16Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were exposed By the rebuke of the Lord, 33From the blast of the breath of His nostrils.1734He sent from on high, He took me; 35He drew me out of many waters.18He rescued me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.19They confronted me on the day of my disaster, 36But the Lord was my support.2037He also brought me out into an open place; He rescued me, 38because He delighted in me.2139The Lord has treated me in accordance with my righteousness; 40In accordance with the cleanliness of my hands He has repaid me.2241For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not acted wickedly against my God.2342For all His ordinances were before me, And as for His statutes, I did not deviate from 43them.2444I was also 45blameless toward Him, And I have kept myself from my wrongdoing.2546So the Lord has repaid me in accordance with my righteousness, In accordance with my cleanliness before His eyes.2647With the one who is faithful You show Yourself faithful, With the 48blameless one You prove Yourself 49blameless;2750With the one who is pure You show Yourself pure, 51But with the perverted You 52show Yourself astute.2853And You save an afflicted people; 54But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You humiliate.2955For You are my lamp, Lord; And the Lord illuminates my darkness.3056For by You I can run at a 57troop of warriors; By my God I can leap over a wall.3158As for God, His way is 59blameless; 60The word of the Lord is refined; 61He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.3262For who is God, except the Lord? 63And who is a rock, except our God?3364God is my strong fortress; And He 65sets the 66blameless on 67His way.3468He makes 69my feet like deer’s feet, 70And sets me on my high places.3571He trains my hands for battle, 72So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.36You have also given me 73the shield of Your salvation, And Your 74help makes me great.3775You enlarge my steps under me, And my 76feet have not slipped.38I pursued my enemies and 77eliminated them, And I did not turn back until they were finished off.39And I have devoured them and smashed them, so that they would not rise; And 78they fell under my feet.40For You have encircled me with strength for battle; You have forced 79those who rose up against me to bow down under me.41You have also 80made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I 81destroyed those who hated me.4282They looked, but there was no one to save them; 83Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.4384Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth; 85I crushed and trampled them like the mud of the streets.4486You have also saved me from the contentions of my people; 87You have kept me as head of the nations; 88A people I have not known serve me.4589Foreigners pretend to obey me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.46Foreigners lose heart, 90And 91come trembling out of their fortresses.47The Lord lives, and blessed be my Rock; And exalted be 9293my God, the rock of my salvation,4894The God who executes vengeance for me, 95And brings down peoples under me,49Who also brings me out from my enemies; You also raise me above 96those who rise up against me; 97You rescue me from the violent person.5098Therefore I will 99give thanks to You, Lord, among the nations, And I will sing praises to Your name.51100He is a tower of 101salvation to His king, And 102shows favor to His anointed, 103To David and his 104descendants 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 As in LXX; MT 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 Or wickedness; Heb Belial ↩
  16. 16. 2 Samuel 22:6 Ps 116:3 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Samuel 22:6 I.e., the netherworld ↩
  18. 18. 2 Samuel 22:7 Ps 116:4; 120:1 ↩
  19. 19. 2 Samuel 22:8 Judg 5:4; Ps 97:4 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Samuel 22:8 Job 26:11 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Samuel 22:9 I.e., in his anger ↩
  22. 22. 2 Samuel 22:9 Ps 97:3; Heb 12:29 ↩
  23. 23. 2 Samuel 22:9 2 Sam 22:13 ↩
  24. 24. 2 Samuel 22:10 Ex 19:16; 1 Kin 8:12; Ps 97:2; Nah 1:3 ↩
  25. 25. 2 Samuel 22:11 2 Sam 6:2 ↩
  26. 26. 2 Samuel 22:11 Many mss glided ↩
  27. 27. 2 Samuel 22:11 Ps 104:3 ↩
  28. 28. 2 Samuel 22:12 Job 36:29 ↩
  29. 29. 2 Samuel 22:13 2 Sam 22:9 ↩
  30. 30. 2 Samuel 22:14 Job 37:2-5; Ps 29:3 ↩
  31. 31. 2 Samuel 22:15 Deut 32:23; Josh 10:10; 1 Sam 7:10 ↩
  32. 32. 2 Samuel 22:15 Lit confused ↩
  33. 33. 2 Samuel 22:16 Ex 15:8; Nah 1:4 ↩
  34. 34. 2 Samuel 22:17 Ps 144:7 ↩
  35. 35. 2 Samuel 22:17 Ex 2:10 ↩
  36. 36. 2 Samuel 22:19 Ps 23:4 ↩
  37. 37. 2 Samuel 22:20 Ps 31:8; 118:5 ↩
  38. 38. 2 Samuel 22:20 2 Sam 15:26 ↩
  39. 39. 2 Samuel 22:21 1 Sam 26:23; 1 Kin 8:32 ↩
  40. 40. 2 Samuel 22:21 Ps 24:4 ↩
  41. 41. 2 Samuel 22:22 Gen 18:19; Ps 128:1; Prov 8:32 ↩
  42. 42. 2 Samuel 22:23 Deut 6:6-9; Ps 119:30, 102 ↩
  43. 43. 2 Samuel 22:23 Lit it ↩
  44. 44. 2 Samuel 22:24 Gen 6:9; 7:1; Eph 1:4; Col 1:21, 22 ↩
  45. 45. 2 Samuel 22:24 Lit complete; or having integrity ↩
  46. 46. 2 Samuel 22:25 2 Sam 22:21 ↩
  47. 47. 2 Samuel 22:26 Matt 5:7 ↩
  48. 48. 2 Samuel 22:26 Lit complete; or having integrity ↩
  49. 49. 2 Samuel 22:26 Lit complete; or having integrity ↩
  50. 50. 2 Samuel 22:27 Matt 5:8; 1 John 3:3 ↩
  51. 51. 2 Samuel 22:27 Lev 26:23, 24; Rom 1:28 ↩
  52. 52. 2 Samuel 22:27 As in two Heb mss and Ps 18:26; MT pretend stupidity ↩
  53. 53. 2 Samuel 22:28 Ex 3:7, 8; Ps 72:12, 13 ↩
  54. 54. 2 Samuel 22:28 Is 2:11, 12, 17; 5:15 ↩
  55. 55. 2 Samuel 22:29 2 Sam 21:17; 1 Kin 11:36; Ps 27:1 ↩
  56. 56. 2 Samuel 22:30 2 Sam 5:6-8 ↩
  57. 57. 2 Samuel 22:30 Or wall ↩
  58. 58. 2 Samuel 22:31 Deut 32:4; Matt 5:48 ↩
  59. 59. 2 Samuel 22:31 Lit complete; or having integrity ↩
  60. 60. 2 Samuel 22:31 Ps 12:6; 119:140; Prov 30:5 ↩
  61. 61. 2 Samuel 22:31 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 84:9 ↩
  62. 62. 2 Samuel 22:32 1 Sam 2:2 ↩
  63. 63. 2 Samuel 22:32 2 Sam 22:2 ↩
  64. 64. 2 Samuel 22:33 2 Sam 22:2; Ps 31:3, 4 ↩
  65. 65. 2 Samuel 22:33 Or sets free ↩
  66. 66. 2 Samuel 22:33 Lit complete; or having integrity ↩
  67. 67. 2 Samuel 22:33 Another reading is my ↩
  68. 68. 2 Samuel 22:34 2 Sam 2:18; Hab 3:19 ↩
  69. 69. 2 Samuel 22:34 Another reading is His ↩
  70. 70. 2 Samuel 22:34 Deut 32:13 ↩
  71. 71. 2 Samuel 22:35 Ps 144:1 ↩
  72. 72. 2 Samuel 22:35 Job 20:24 ↩
  73. 73. 2 Samuel 22:36 Eph 6:16, 17 ↩
  74. 74. 2 Samuel 22:36 Lit answering ↩
  75. 75. 2 Samuel 22:37 2 Sam 22:20; Prov 4:12 ↩
  76. 76. 2 Samuel 22:37 Lit ankles ↩
  77. 77. 2 Samuel 22:38 Ex 15:9 ↩
  78. 78. 2 Samuel 22:39 Mal 4:3 ↩
  79. 79. 2 Samuel 22:40 Ps 44:5 ↩
  80. 80. 2 Samuel 22:41 Ex 23:27; Josh 10:24 ↩
  81. 81. 2 Samuel 22:41 Or silenced ↩
  82. 82. 2 Samuel 22:42 Is 17:7, 8 ↩
  83. 83. 2 Samuel 22:42 1 Sam 28:6; Is 1:15 ↩
  84. 84. 2 Samuel 22:43 2 Kin 13:7 ↩
  85. 85. 2 Samuel 22:43 Is 10:6; Mic 7:10 ↩
  86. 86. 2 Samuel 22:44 2 Sam 3:1; 19:9, 14 ↩
  87. 87. 2 Samuel 22:44 2 Sam 8:1-14 ↩
  88. 88. 2 Samuel 22:44 Is 55:5 ↩
  89. 89. 2 Samuel 22:45 Ps 66:3; 81:15 ↩
  90. 90. 2 Samuel 22:46 1 Sam 14:11; Mic 7:17 ↩
  91. 91. 2 Samuel 22:46 Reading based on Ps 18:45; MT belt up themselves ↩
  92. 92. 2 Samuel 22:47 As in LXX; MT the God of the rock ↩
  93. 93. 2 Samuel 22:47 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 89:26 ↩
  94. 94. 2 Samuel 22:48 1 Sam 24:12; 25:39; 2 Sam 4:8; Ps 94:1 ↩
  95. 95. 2 Samuel 22:48 Ps 144:2 ↩
  96. 96. 2 Samuel 22:49 Ps 44:5 ↩
  97. 97. 2 Samuel 22:49 Ps 140:1, 4, 11 ↩
  98. 98. 2 Samuel 22:50 Rom 15:9 ↩
  99. 99. 2 Samuel 22:50 Or praise ↩
  100. 100. 2 Samuel 22:51 Ps 144:10 ↩
  101. 101. 2 Samuel 22:51 Lit acts of salvation ↩
  102. 102. 2 Samuel 22:51 Ps 89:24 ↩
  103. 103. 2 Samuel 22:51 2 Sam 7:12-16 ↩
  104. 104. 2 Samuel 22:51 Lit seed ↩

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