2 Samuel 22

And David spoke to God the words of this song on the day God delivered him from the palm of all of his enemies and from the palm of Saul.

And he said, “God {is} my rock and my stronghold and my deliverer, mine.

God of my rock, I take refuge in him, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior, you save me from violence. \*

{To} the one being praised I call, {to} God, and I am saved from my enemies.

For the waves of death surrounded me, the torrents of wickedness terrified me.

The cords of Sheol surrounded me, the snares of death confronted me. \*

In my distress I called {to} God, and to my God I called. And he heard my voice from his temple, and my cry {was} in his ears.

Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the heavens quaked and shook themselves, because it burned to him.

Smoke went up from his nose, and fire from his mouth devoured. Coals from him burned.

And he lowered the heavens, and he came down, and a dark cloud {was} under his feet.

And he rode on a cherub, and he flew. He was seen on the wings of the wind.

And he set darkness, the booths around him {were} a gathering of waters, clouds of the skies.

From the brightness before him, coals of fire burned.

God thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice.

And he sent out arrows, and he scattered them, lightning, and he panicked them.

And the channels of the sea were seen, the foundations of the world were uncovered, at the rebuke of God, from the blast of the breath of his nose. \*

He stretched out from the height, he took hold of me. He drew me out of many waters.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, from the ones hating me, for they were stronger than me.

They confronted me on the day of my calamity, but God was my support.

And he brought me out to an open space. He delivered me because he delighted in me. \*

God has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has given back to me.

For I have kept the ways of God, and I have not been wicked from my God.

For all of his judgments {are} before me, and his statutes, I have not turned away from them.

And I have been blameless toward him, and I have kept myself from my iniquity.

And God has given back to me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness before his eyes. \*

With the faithful you show yourself faithful; with the mighty blameless, you show yourself blameless.

With the purified, you show yourself pure, but with the crooked, you show yourself cunning.

And you save a lowly people, but your eyes {are} against the ones being high, you bring {them} down. \*

For you {are} my lamp, God, and God lightens my darkness.

For by you, I run {after} a troop. \* By my God, I leap {over} a wall.

This God, his way {is} perfect. The word of God is refined. He {is} a shield to all of the ones taking refuge in him.

For who {is} God except God? And who {is} a rock except our God?

This God {is} my fortress of strength, and he makes my way perfect,

making my feet like a deer, and he makes me stand on my high places,

training my hands for war, and my arms bend a bow of bronze.

And you give to me the shield of your salvation, and your answer makes me great.

You enlarge my step under me, and my feet do not slip. \*

I pursue my enemies, and I destroy them, and I do not return until I have ended them.

And I devour them, and I shatter them, and they do not arise, but they fall under my feet.

And you gird me {with} valor for war; you make the ones rising up under me bow down.

And my enemies, you give to me the back of {their} neck; the ones hating me, and I destroy them.

They look, but {there is} no one saving; to God, but he does not answer them.

And I beat them like the dust of the earth. \* Like the mud of the streets, I pulverize them, I stomp them.

And you rescue me from the disputes of my people. You keep me as the head of nations. People I did not know serve me.

Sons of the foreigner come cringing to me. At the hearing of an ear, they hear me.

Sons of the foreigner fade away, and they come trembling from their fortresses. \*

God {is} alive! And blessed {be} my rock, and may the God of the rock of my salvation be exalted,

the God giving vengeance to me and bringing down peoples under me

and bringing me out from my enemies. \* And from the ones arising {against} me, you lift me up; from a man of violences, you deliver me.

Therefore I thank you, God, among the nations, and I sing praise to your name,

the one magnifying the salvation of his king and doing covenant faithfulness to his anointed, to David, and to his seed until forever.” \*