New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Samuel 22:29-46

29 1For You are my lampH5216, LordH3068; And the LordH3068 illuminatesH5050 my darknessH2822.30 2For by You I can runH7323 at a 3troopH1416 ofH1416 warriorsH1416; By my GodH430 I can leapH1801 over a wallH7791.31 4As for GodH410, His wayH1870 is 5blamelessH8549; 6The wordH565 of the LordH3068 is refinedH6884; 7He is a shieldH4043 to allH3605 who takeH2620 refugeH2620 in Him.32 8For whoH4310 is GodH410, exceptH1107 the LordH3068? 9And whoH4310 is a rockH6697, exceptH1107 our GodH430?33 10GodH410 is my strongH2428 fortressH4581; And He 11setsH5425 the 12blamelessH8549 on 13His wayH1870.34 14He makesH7737 15my feetH7272 like deer’sH355 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 23eliminatedH8045 them, And I did not turnH7725 backH7725 untilH5704 they were finishedH3615 offH3615.39And I have devouredH3615 them and smashedH4272 them, so that they would not riseH6965; And 24they fellH5307 underH8478 my feetH7272.40For You have encircledH247 me withH247 strengthH2428 for battleH4421; You have forced 25those who roseH6965 upH6965 against me to bowH3766 downH3766 underH8478 me.41You have also 26madeH5414 my enemiesH340 turnH5414 their backsH6203 to me, And I 27destroyedH6789 those who hatedH8130 me.42 28They lookedH8159, but thereH369 wasH369 noH369 oneH369 to saveH3467 them; 29Even to the LordH3068, but He did not answerH6030 them.43 30Then I pulverizedH7833 them as the dustH6083 of the earthH776; 31I crushedH1854 and trampledH7554 them like the mudH2916 of the streetsH2351.44 32You have also savedH6403 me from the contentionsH7379 of my peopleH5971; 33You have keptH8104 me as headH7218 of the nationsH1471; 34A peopleH5971 I have not knownH3045 serveH5647 me.45 35ForeignersH1121 H5236 pretendH3584 toH3584 obeyH3584 me; As soon as they hearH241 H8085, they obeyH8085 me.46ForeignersH1121 H5236 loseH5034 heartH5034, 36And 37comeH2727 tremblingH2727 out of their fortressesH4526.

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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 wall ↩
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 Ps 44:5 ↩
26. 2 Samuel 22:41 Ex 23:27; Josh 10:24 ↩
27. 2 Samuel 22:41 Or silenced ↩
28. 2 Samuel 22:42 Is 17:7, 8 ↩
29. 2 Samuel 22:42 1 Sam 28:6; Is 1:15 ↩
30. 2 Samuel 22:43 2 Kin 13:7 ↩
31. 2 Samuel 22:43 Is 10:6; Mic 7:10 ↩
32. 2 Samuel 22:44 2 Sam 3:1; 19:9, 14 ↩
33. 2 Samuel 22:44 2 Sam 8:1-14 ↩
34. 2 Samuel 22:44 Is 55:5 ↩
35. 2 Samuel 22:45 Ps 66:3; 81:15 ↩
36. 2 Samuel 22:46 1 Sam 14:11; Mic 7:17 ↩
37. 2 Samuel 22:46 Reading based on Ps 18:45; MT belt up themselves ↩

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