2 Samuel 22

¹ David composed the words of this song to the LORD the very day the LORD delivered him from the domination of all of his enemies, including from Saul's hands.

¹ And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

^{1 (A)}And David spoke ^(B)the words of this song to the Lord in the day that the Lord delivered him from the ^(a)hand of all his enemies and from the ^(b)hand of Saul.

¹ David spoke the words of this song to the Lord on the day the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

¹ David spoke the words of this song to the Lord when the Lord rescued him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

³ He is my God, my strong stone in him I will find my refuge my shield, the strength of my salvation, my high tower, my way of escape, and the one who is saving me. You will save me from violence.

³ The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

^{3 (d)(D)}My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,My ^(E)shield and ^(F)the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and ^(G)my refuge;My savior, You save me from violence.

³ my God, my mountain^(a) where I seek refuge.My shield, the horn of my salvation,^(C) my stronghold,^(D) my refuge,^(E)and my Savior, You save me from violence.

^{3 (a)}My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge,My Savior—You save me from violence.^(B)

⁵ Because deadly breakers engulfed me, while torrents of abuse from the ungodly overwhelmed me.

⁵ When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

⁵ “For ^(I)the waves of death encompassed me;^(J)The torrents of ^(e)destruction ^(f)overwhelmed me;

⁵ For the waves of death engulfed me;^(G)the torrents of destruction terrified me.

⁵ “For the waves of death encompassed me;The torrents of ^(b)destruction overwhelmed and terrified me.

⁷ I cried out to the LORD in the middle of my troubles; I cried out to my God. He listened to my voice from his sanctuary, and my call for help was heard.

⁷ In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

⁷ “^(L)In my distress I called upon the Lord,Yes, I ^(h)cried to my God;And from His temple He heard my voice,And my cry for help came into His ears.

⁷ I called to the Lord in my distress;I called to my God.^(I)From His temple He heard my voice,and my cry for help reached His ears.

⁷ “In my distress I called upon the Lord;I cried out to my God,And from His temple [in the heavens] He heard my voice;My cry for help came into His ears.

⁹ Smoke poured out of his nostrils, and fire from his mouth kindling coals to flame by it.

⁹ There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

⁹ “Smoke went up ⁽ⁱ⁾out of His nostrils,^(O)Fire from His mouth devoured;^(P)Coals were kindled by it.

⁹ Smoke rose from His nostrils,and consuming fire came from His mouth;coals were set ablaze by it.^(c)

⁹ “Smoke went up out of His nostrils,And devouring fire from His mouth;Coals were kindled by it.

¹¹ He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind!

¹¹ And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

¹¹ “^(R)And He rode on a cherub and flew;And He ^(j)appeared on ^(S)the wings of the wind.

¹¹ He rode on a cherub and flew,soaring^(d) on the wings of the wind.

¹¹ “He rode on a cherub and flew;He appeared upon the wings of the wind.

¹³ From the shining light that was his presence coals of fire blazed into flame!

¹³ Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

¹³ “From the brightness before Him^(U)Coals of fire were kindled.

¹³ From the radiance of His presence,flaming coals were ignited.

¹³ “Out of the brightness before HimCoals of fire were set aflame.

¹⁵ He launched his arrows and scattered them his lightning routed them.

¹⁵ And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

¹⁵ “^(W)And He sent out arrows, and scattered them,Lightning, and ^(l)routed them.

¹⁵ He shot arrows and scattered them;^(O)He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.^(P)

¹⁵ “He sent out arrows and scattered them;Lightning, and confused them.

¹⁷ He sent for me from on high! He grabbed hold of me, drawing me out of deep water.

¹⁷ He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

¹⁷ “^(Y)He sent from on high, He took me;^(Z)He drew me out of many waters.

¹⁷ He reached down from heavenand took hold of me;He pulled me out of deep waters.^(S)

¹⁷ “He sent from above, He took me;He drew me out of great waters.

¹⁹ They confronted me when I was in trouble, but the LORD remained my support!

¹⁹ They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

¹⁹ “They confronted me in the day of my calamity,^(AA)But the Lord was my support.

¹⁹ They confronted me in the day of my distress,but the Lord was my support.

¹⁹ “They came upon me in the day of my calamity,But the Lord was my support.

²¹ The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness, rewarding me according to the degree of my innocence,

²¹ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

²¹ “^(AD)The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness;^(AE)According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

²¹ The Lord rewarded meaccording to my righteousness;^(U)He repaid meaccording to the cleanness of my hands.^(V)

²¹ “The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.

²³ and because all of his decrees remain in my thoughts, I have not turned aside from his statutes,

²³ For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

²³ “^(AG)For all His ordinances were before me,And as for His statutes, I did not depart from ⁽ⁿ⁾them.

²³ Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances^(X) in mind^(f)and have not disregarded His statutes.

²³ “For all His judgments (legal decisions) were before me,And from His statutes I did not turn aside.

²⁵ The Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness, that is, according to my clean standing as he looks at me.

²⁵ Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

²⁵ “^(AI)Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,According to my cleanness before His eyes.

²⁵ So the Lord repaid meaccording to my righteousness,according to my cleanness^(g) in His sight.

²⁵ “Therefore the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,According to my cleanness in His sight.

²⁷ In the company of the pure you demonstrate your purity. In the company of the perverted you will appear to be perverse.

²⁷ With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

^{27 (AK)}With the pure You show Yourself pure,^(AL)And with the perverted You show Yourself ^(t)astute.

²⁷ with the pureYou prove Yourself pure,but with the crookedYou prove Yourself shrewd.

²⁷ “With the pure You show Yourself pure,With the perverted You show Yourself astute.

²⁹ For you are my lamp, LORD, the LORD who illuminates my darkness.

²⁹ For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

²⁹ “^(AO)For You are my lamp, O Lord;And the Lord illumines my darkness.

²⁹ Lord, You are my lamp;the Lord illuminates my darkness.^(AA)

²⁹ “For You, O Lord, are my lamp;The Lord illumines and dispels my darkness.

³¹ This God! His way is perfect! What the LORD declares proves true. He shields everyone who flees for protection to him!

³¹ As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

³¹ “^(AQ)As for God, His way is ^(v)blameless;^(AR)The word of the Lord is tested;^(AS)He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

³¹ God—His way is perfect;^(AC)the word of the Lord is pure.^(AD)He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

³¹ “As for God, His way is blameless and perfect;The word of the Lord is tested.He is a shield to all those who take refuge and trust in Him.

³³ This God is my strong place of valor! He has made my life blameless.

³³ God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

³³ “^(AV)God is my strong fortress;And He ^(w)sets the ^(x)blameless in ^(y)His way.

³³ God is my strong refuge;⁽ⁱ⁾He makes my way perfect.^(j)

³³ “God is my strong fortress;He sets the blameless in His way.

³⁵ He has trained my hands for battle readiness I can bend a bow made out of bronze.

³⁵ He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

³⁵ “^(AY)He trains my hands for battle,^(AZ)So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵ He trains my hands for war;^(AE)my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵ “He trains my hands for war,So that my arms can bend (pull back) a bow of bronze.

³⁷ You've made room beneath me for my footsteps, and my feet didn't slip.

³⁷ Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

³⁷ “^(BB)You enlarge my steps under me,And my ^(ab)feet have not slipped.

³⁷ You widen a place beneath me for my steps,and my ankles do not give way.

³⁷ “You enlarge my steps under me,And my feet have not slipped.

³⁹ I devoured them, striking them down until they could not get up again. They fell beneath my feet.

³⁹ And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

³⁹ “And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;And ^(BD)they fell under my feet.

³⁹ I wipe them out and crush them,and they do not rise;they fall beneath my feet.

³⁹ “I consumed them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;They fell under my feet.

⁴¹ You made my enemies turn and run that is, those who hate me and I destroyed them!

⁴¹ Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

⁴¹ “You have also ^(BF)made my enemies turn their backs to me,And I ^(ad)destroyed those who hated me.

⁴¹ You have made my enemies retreat before me;⁽ⁿ⁾I annihilate those who hate me.

⁴¹ “You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me [in retreat],And I destroyed those who hated me.

⁴³ I pulverized them to powder, like the dust of the earth; I crushed them, stomping on them like mud on a street.

⁴³ Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

⁴³ “^(BI)Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth;^(BJ)I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.

⁴³ I pulverize them like dust of the earth;I crush them and trample them like mud in the streets.^(AI)

⁴³ “Then I beat them as [small as] the dust of the earth;I crushed and stamped them as the mire (dirt, mud) of the streets.

⁴⁵ Foreigners came cringing to me; they obeyed as soon as they heard me.

⁴⁵ Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

⁴⁵ “^(BN)Foreigners pretend obedience to me;As soon as they hear, they obey me.

⁴⁵ Foreigners submit to me grudgingly;as soon as they hear, they obey me.

⁴⁵ “Foreigners pretend obedience to me;As soon as they hear [me], they obey me.

⁴⁷ The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock, and may my God be exalted, the Rock who is my salvation!

⁴⁷ The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

⁴⁷ “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock;And exalted be ^(ah)(BP)God, the rock of my salvation,

⁴⁷ The Lord lives—may my rock be praised!God, the rock of my salvation,^(AM) is exalted.

⁴⁷ “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,And exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation.

⁴⁹ delivering me from my enemies. You exalted me above those who rebelled against me, delivering me from violent men.

⁴⁹ And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

⁴⁹ Who also brings me out from my enemies;You even lift me above ^(BS)those who rise up against me;^(BT)You rescue me from the violent man.

⁴⁹ He frees me from my enemies.You exalt me above my adversaries;You rescue me from violent men.^(AO)

⁴⁹ Who also brings me out from my enemies.You even lift me above those who rise up against me;You rescue me from the violent man.

⁵¹ Great is the salvation he brings to his king, showing gracious love to his anointed, to David and to his offspring forever.

⁵¹ He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

⁵¹ “^(BV)He is a tower of ^(ai)deliverance to His king,And ^(BW)shows lovingkindness to His anointed,^(BX)To David and his ^(aj)descendants forever.”

⁵¹ He is a tower of salvation for^(o) His king;He shows loyalty to His anointed,to David and his descendants forever.^(AQ)

⁵¹ “He is a tower of salvation and great deliverance to His king,And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,To David and his offspring forever.”