ABP - II Samuel - 22

22:1  And David spoke to the lord the words of this ode in the day which [2rescued 3him 1the lord] from the hand of all his enemies, and from out of the hand of Saul.

22:2  And he said, The lord my rock, and my fortress, and the one rescuing me.

22:3  My God, my guard, I will be yielded upon him; my defender and horn of my deliverance; my shielder and my refuge; my deliverance from the unjust; you shall deliver me.

22:4  Praiseworthy, I shall call upon the lord, and from my enemies I shall be delivered.

22:5  For [3compassed 4me 1conflicts 2of death], and the rushing streams of lawlessness made me distraught.

22:6  Cords of Hades encircled me, and [3anticipated 4me 1shackles 2of death].

22:7  In my affliction I shall call upon the lord, and to my God I will yell. And he heard [2from out of 3his temple 1my voice], and my cry in his ears.

22:8  And [3was shaken 4and 5disturbed 1the 2earth]; even the foundations of the heaven were disturbed and thrown into a spasm, for the lord was enraged with them.

22:9  There ascended smoke in his wrath, and fire from out of his mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.

22:10  And he leaned the heavens, and came down; and dimness was under his feet.

22:11  And he mounted upon cherubim, and was spread out, and was seen upon the wings of the winds.

22:12  And he placed darkness for his concealment. Round about him his tent was darkness of waters; thickened in clouds of air.

22:13  From the brightness before him [3were kindled 1coals 2of fire].

22:14  [3thundered 4from out of 5heaven 1The 2 lord], and the highest gave out his voice.

22:15  And he sent arrows, and he dispersed them; and he flashed lightning, and he startled them.

22:16  And [3were seen 1the releases 2of the sea], and [5were uncovered 1the 2foundations 3of the 4inhabitable world] at the reproach of the lord, by the breath of spirit of his rage.

22:17  He sent from the height, and took me; he drew me out of [2waters 1many].

22:18  He delivered me from the strength of my enemies, from the ones detesting me; for they were strong above me.

22:19  They anticipated me in a day of my affliction, and the lord became my stay.

22:20  And he led me into an enlargement, and rescued me, for he thought to do well by me.

22:21  And [2recompensed 3unto me 1the lord] according to my righteousness. And according to the cleanliness of my hands he shall make recompense to me.

22:22  For I guarded the ways of the lord, and was not impious before my God.

22:23  For all his judgments were in front of me, and his ordinances did not depart from me.

22:24  And I will be unblemished to him, and I shall keep guard from my lawlessness.

22:25  And [2shall recompense 3to me 1the lord] according to my righteousness, and according to the cleanliness of my hands before his eyes.

22:26  With the sacred you shall be sacred, and with the innocent you shall be innocent,

22:27  and with the chosen you shall be chosen; and with the crooked you shall be crooked.

22:28  And the [2people 1poor] you shall preserve, and the eyes of the proud you shall humble.

22:29  For you shall light my lamp, O lord; and the lord shall shine forth in my darkness.

22:30  For in you I shall run lightly armed, and by my God I shall leap over a wall.

22:31  God -- unblemished is his way. The saying of the lord is tried in the fire. He is a defender to all the ones yielding upon him.

22:32  For who is God besides the lord? And who is creator besides our God?

22:33  God -- the one strengthening me, is power; and he established [2as unblemished 1my way];

22:34  setting my feet as a stag, and standing me upon the heights;

22:35  teaching my hands for war, and breaking the bow of brass by my arms.

22:36  And you gave to me a shield of my deliverance, and obedience of you multiplied me.

22:37  And you widened my footsteps underneath me, and [2did not 3shake 1my legs].

22:38  I will pursue my enemies, and I will remove them. And I shall not return until of which time I shall finish them off.

22:39  And I will crush them, and they shall not rise up; and they shall fall under my feet.

22:40  And you shall gird on me power for war. You shall bend the ones rising up against me, underneath me.

22:41  And [2my enemies 1you gave] to me; [2the back of the neck 3of ones detesting 4me 1I trampled].

22:42  They yelled out, and there was not one delivering; to the lord, and he did not take heed of them.

22:43  And I ground them as dust of the earth; [2as 3the mud 4of the 5streets 1I made them fine].

22:44  And you rescued me from disputes of people; you shall guard me as head of nations. A people whom not knowing, served to me.

22:45  With a hearing ear it obeyed me. [2sons 1Alien] lied to me;

22:46  [2sons 1alien] shall reel -- and they shall trip from their confinement.

22:47  As the lord lives -- for blessed be the one shaping me, and [2shall be raised up high 1my God] -- my deliverer.

22:48  The lord is strong, the one giving acts of vengeance to me, and humbling peoples underneath me.

22:49  And he led me from my enemies. And from the ones rousing up against me, you shall raise me up high. [3from 4men 5of offences 1You shall rescue 2me].

22:50  On account of this I will make acknowledgement to you, O lord, among the nations. And [2to 3your name 1I will strum],

22:51  O one magnifying the deliverance of his king, and doing mercy to his anointed one, to David and to his seed unto the eon.