Revised Literal Translation

2 Samuel 22:29-46

29For thou art my lampH5216, O YhwhH3068: And YhwhH3068 will lightenH5050 my darknessH2822.1

30For by thee I have runH7323 through a troopH1416: by my GodH430 have I leaped overH1801 a wallH7791.2

31As for GodH410, his wayH1870 is perfectH8549; the wordH565 of YhwhH3068 is triedH6884: he is a bucklerH4043 to all them that trustH2620 in him.3

32For who is GodH410, saveH1107 YhwhH3068? and who is a rockH6697, saveH1107 our GodH430?

33GodH410 is my strengthH4581 and powerH2428: and he makethH5425 my wayH1870 perfectH8549.4

34He makethH7737 my feetH7272 likeH7737 hinds’H355 feet: and settethH5975 me upon my high placesH1116.5

35He teachethH3925 my handsH3027 to warH4421; so that a bowH7198 of steelH5154 is brokenH5181 by mine armsH2220.6

36Thou hast also givenH5414 me the shieldH4043 of thy salvationH3468: and thy gentlenessH6038 H6031 hath made me greatH7235.7

37Thou hast enlargedH7337 my stepsH6806 under me; so that my feetH7166 did not slipH4571.8

38I have pursuedH7291 mine enemiesH341, and destroyedH8045 them; and turned not againH7725 until I had consumedH3615 them.

39And I have consumedH3615 them, and woundedH4272 them, that they could not ariseH6965: yea, they are fallenH5307 under my feetH7272.

40For thou hast girdedH247 me with strengthH2428 to battleH4421: them that rose upH6965 against me hast thou subduedH3766 under me.9

41Thou hast also givenH5414 me the necksH6203 of mine enemiesH341, that I might destroyH6789 them that hateH8130 me.

42They lookedH8159, but there was none to saveH3467; even unto YhwhH3068, but he answeredH6030 them not.

43Then did I beatH7833 them as small as the dustH6083 of the earthH776, I did stampH1854 them as the mireH2916 of the streetH2351, and did spread them abroadH7554.

44Thou also hast deliveredH6403 me from the strivingsH7379 of my peopleH5971, thou hast keptH8104 me to be headH7218 of the heathenH1471: a peopleH5971 which I knewH3045 not shall serveH5647 me.

45StrangersH5236 H1121 shall submitH3584 themselves unto me: as soon as they hearH241 H8085, they shall be obedientH8085 unto me.10 11

46StrangersH5236 H1121 shall fade awayH5034, and they shall be afraidH2296 out of their close placesH4526.

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Notes

1. 2 Samuel 22:29 lamp: or, candle. ↩
2. 2 Samuel 22:30 run: or, broken. ↩
3. 2 Samuel 22:31 tried: or, refined. ↩
4. 2 Samuel 22:33 maketh: Heb. riddeth, or, looseth. ↩
5. 2 Samuel 22:34 maketh: Heb. equalleth. ↩
6. 2 Samuel 22:35 to war: Heb. for the war. ↩
7. 2 Samuel 22:36 made…: Heb. multiplied me. ↩
8. 2 Samuel 22:37 feet: Heb. ankles. ↩
9. 2 Samuel 22:40 subdued: Heb. caused to bow. ↩
10. 2 Samuel 22:45 Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger. ↩
11. 2 Samuel 22:45 submit…: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie. ↩

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