LEB - II Samuel - 22

22:1  Then David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song, on the day Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

22:2  And he said: “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

22:3  I take refuge in God, my rock, my shield, and the ⌞strength⌟ of my salvation. My stronghold and my refuge, O my savior, you will save me from violence!

22:4  I call upon Yahweh who is praiseworthy, and I am saved from those who hate me.

22:5  For the breaker waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

22:6  The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

22:7  In my distress I called upon Yahweh, and to my God I called. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help was to his ears.

22:8  The earth heaved and shook, the foundations of heaven trembled and heaved because ⌞he was angry⌟.

22:9  Smoke went up from his nostrils and fire from his mouth. Burning coals devoured, they burned from him.

22:10  He bowed the heavens and came down; a very thick cloud was under his feet.

22:11  He rode upon a cherub and flew; he was seen on the wings of the wind.

22:12  He put darkness as a canopy all around him, a collection of ⌞thick rain clouds⌟.

22:13  From the brightness before him flamed burning coals of fire.

22:14  Yahweh thundered from heaven, and the Most High ⌞uttered his voice⌟.

22:15  He sent arrows and he scattered them, lightning, and he directed them.

22:16  Then the channels of water of the sea were exposed, the foundations of the world, at the rebuke of Yawheh, from the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

22:17  He sent from a high position and took me; he drew me from mighty waters.

22:18  He delivered me from my strong enemies, from those who hate me, for they were mightier than I.

22:19  They approached me on the day of my disaster, but Yahweh was my support.

22:20  He brought me out to a spacious place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.

22:21  Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.

22:22  For I have kept the ways of Yahweh; I have not acted wickedly against my God.

22:23  For all of his ordinances were before me, and I did not turn aside from his statutes.

22:24  I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

22:25  Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness before his eyes.

22:26  With the loyal, you act as loyal, and with the blameless, you show yourself blameless.

22:27  With the pure, you show yourself pure, but with the crooked, you appear as a fool.

22:28  Humble people you will deliver, but your eyes are on the haughty, whom you bring down.

22:29  For you, O Yahweh are my lamp, and Yahweh lightens my darkness.

22:30  For by you I can run a raid; by my God I can leap over a wall.

22:31  This God, his way is blameless; the promise of Yahweh is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.

22:32  For who is God apart from Yahweh? And who is a rock apart from our God?

22:33  God is my strong refuge, he has fully opened my way.

22:34  He makes my feet like a doe deer, and on my high places he has set me.

22:35  He trains my hands for the war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

22:36  You have given me the shield of your salvation; your willingness to help has made me great.

22:37  You have broadened my steps beneath me; my ankles have not wobbled.

22:38  I pursued those who hate me, and I destroyed them. I did not turn back until finishing them.

22:39  I wiped them out and I smashed them; they did not get up; they fell under my feet.

22:40  You have girded me with physical strength for the battle; you caused those who rose up against me to kneel under me.

22:41  ⌞My enemies you cause to retreat from me⌟; I destroy those who hate me.

22:42  They looked out, but there was no deliverer, even to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.

22:43  I beat them fine, like the dust of the earth; like the mire of the streets, I crushed them, I stamped them down.

22:44  You delivered me from the strife of my people; you preserved me as the head of the nations. A people I had not known served me.

22:45  Children of a foreign land came cringing to me; ⌞when they heard of me⌟, they became obedient to me.

22:46  Children of a foreign land lost heart and came trembling from their strongholds.

22:47  Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! May God, the rock of my salvation, be exalted!

22:48  God does vengeance for me, bringing down peoples under me.

22:49  He brings me out from my enemies, and from those who rose up against me you lift me up, and from men of violence you rescue me.

22:50  Therefore I will extol you, Yahweh, among the nations! I will sing praises to your name!

22:51  He makes great salvation for his king and shows loyal love to his anointed one, David and to his descendants forever.”