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

2 Samuel 22

CHAPTER 22 David's Ode to The LORD

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. 2 And he said, The lord my rock, and my fortress, and the one rescuing me. 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. 4 Praiseworthy, I shall call upon the lord, and from my enemies I shall be delivered. 5 For [³compassed ⁴me ¹conflicts ²of death], and the rushing streams of lawlessness made me distraught. 6 Cords of Hades encircled me, and [³anticipated ⁴me ¹shackles ²of death]. 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. 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. 9 There ascended smoke in his wrath, and fire from out of his mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it. 10 And he leaned the heavens, and came down; and dimness was under his feet. 11 And he mounted upon cherubim, and was spread out, and was seen upon the wings of the winds. 12 And he placed darkness for his concealment. Round about him his tent was darkness of waters; thickened in clouds of air. 13 From the brightness before him [³were kindled ¹coals ²of fire]. 14 [³thundered ⁴from out of ⁵heaven ¹The ² lord], and the highest gave out his voice. 15 And he sent arrows, and he dispersed them; and he flashed lightning, and he startled them. 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. 17 He sent from the height, and took me; he drew me out of [²waters ¹many]. 18 He delivered me from the strength of my enemies, from the ones detesting me; for they were strong above me. 19 They anticipated me in a day of my affliction, and the lord became my stay. 20 And he led me into an enlargement, and rescued me, for he thought to do well by me. 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 For I guarded the ways of the lord, and was not impious before my God. 23 For all his judgments were in front of me, and his ordinances did not depart from me. 24 And I will be unblemished to him, and I shall keep guard from my lawlessness. 25 And [²shall recompense ³to me ¹the lord] according to my righteousness, and according to the cleanliness of my hands before his eyes. 26 With the sacred you shall be sacred, and with the innocent you shall be innocent, 27 and with the chosen you shall be chosen; and with the crooked you shall be crooked. 28 And the [²people ¹poor] you shall preserve, and the eyes of the proud you shall humble. 29 For you shall light my lamp, O lord; and the lord shall shine forth in my darkness. 30 For in you I shall run lightly armed, and by my God I shall leap over a wall. 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. 32 For who is God besides the lord? And who is creator besides our God? 33 God -- the one strengthening me, is power; and he established [²as unblemished ¹my way]; 34 setting my feet as a stag, and standing me upon the heights; 35 teaching my hands for war, and breaking the bow of brass by my arms. 36 And you gave to me a shield of my deliverance, and obedience of you multiplied me. 37 And you widened my footsteps underneath me, and [²did not ³shake ¹my legs]. 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. 39 And I will crush them, and they shall not rise up; and they shall fall under my feet. 40 And you shall gird on me power for war. You shall bend the ones rising up against me, underneath me. 41 And [²my enemies ¹you gave] to me; [²the back of the neck ³of ones detesting ⁴me ¹I trampled]. 42 They yelled out, and there was not one delivering; to the lord, and he did not take heed of them. 43 And I ground them as dust of the earth; [²as ³the mud ⁴of the ⁵streets ¹I made them fine]. 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. 45 With a hearing ear it obeyed me. [²sons ¹Alien] lied to me; 46 [²sons ¹alien] shall reel -- and they shall trip from their confinement. 47 As the lord lives -- for blessed be the one shaping me, and [²shall be raised up high ¹my God] -- my deliverer. 48 The lord is strong, the one giving acts of vengeance to me, and humbling peoples underneath me. 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]. 50 On account of this I will make acknowledgement to you, O lord, among the nations. And [²to ³your name ¹I will strum], 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.