2 Samuel 22 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this verse, in the day that the Lord freed him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
2 And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior. He said, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
3 I will hope in him. God is my strong one, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. He lifts me up, and he is my refreshment. You, O my Savior, will free me from iniquity. 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. my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior— from violent people you save me.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies. I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. “I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies.
5 For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me. “For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me; The waves of death swirled about me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
6 The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me. the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
7 In my tribulation, I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry out to my God. And he will heed my voice from his temple, and my outcry will reach his ears. “In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears. “In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.
8 The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them. “Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry. The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens shook; they trembled because he was angry.
9 Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it. Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him. Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
10 He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet. He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet. He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
11 And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid upon the wings of the wind. He rode on a cherub and flew; he was seen on the wings of the wind. He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
12 He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens. He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water. He made darkness his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.
13 By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled. Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth. Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth.
14 The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice. The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them. And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and routed them. He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
16 And the overflow of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the globe were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the exhale of the breath of his fury. Then the channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare, at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of breath from his nostrils.
17 He sent from on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters. “He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. “He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
18 He freed me from my most powerful enemy and from those who had hated me. For they were too strong for me. He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
19 He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament. They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support. They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
20 And he led me out to a wide-open place. He freed me, because I was pleasing to him. He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me. He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
21 The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands. “The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me. “The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
22 For I have kept to the ways of the Lord, and I have not acted impiously before my God. For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God.
23 For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me. For all his rules were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside. All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.
24 And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity. I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt. I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice, and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes. And the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight. The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.
26 With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect. “With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; “To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
27 With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse. with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
28 And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes. You save a humble people, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
29 For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness. For you are my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness. You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light.
30 For in you, I will run girded. In my God, I will leap over the wall. For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.
31 God, his way is immaculate; the eloquence of the Lord is an exacting fire. He is the shield of all who hope in him. This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. “As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
32 Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God? “For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
33 God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect: This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless. It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
34 making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places, He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.
35 teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass. He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36 You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me. You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your gentleness made me great. You make your saving help my shield; your help has made me great.
37 You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail. You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip; You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.
38 I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them. I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed. “I pursued my enemies and crushed them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
39 I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet. I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet. I crushed them completely, and they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
40 You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me. For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me. You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
41 You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me; they have hatred for me, and I shall destroy them. You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them. You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
42 They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them. They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them. They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but he did not answer.
43 I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth. I will break them apart and crush them, like the mud of the streets. I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets. I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.
44 You will save me from the contradictions of my people. You will preserve me to be the head of the Gentiles; a people I do not know shall serve me. “You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me. “You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,
45 The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me. Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me. foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
46 The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes. Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses. They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
47 The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted. “The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation, “The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!
48 God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me. the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me, He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under me,
49 He leads me away from my enemies, and he lifts me up from those who resist me. You will free me from the iniquitous man. who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from men of violence. who sets me free from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.
50 Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name: “For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing praises to your name. Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.
51 magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.” Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.” “He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
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