2 Samuel 22 Parallel Bible Translations

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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. 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 This is what he said: LORD, you are my stone stronghold and my fortified place; you are continuously delivering me. 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 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. 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 As I am praising him, I will call out to the LORD, 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 Because deadly breakers engulfed me, while torrents of abuse from the ungodly overwhelmed 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 Binding ropes from Sheol entangled me while lethal snares hindered 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 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. “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 Just then the earth shook and trembled! The foundations of heaven reeled and quaked because the LORD was angry. “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 poured out of his nostrils, and fire from his mouth kindling coals to flame 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 deformed heaven itself as he descended. Thick darkness enveloped 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 He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on 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 The darkness around him was his canopies— amassed water was his overhanging clouds! 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 From the shining light that was his presence coals of fire blazed into flame! 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 roared from heaven! The Most High let his voice be heard! 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 launched his arrows and scattered them— his lightning routed 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 The currents of the sea were revealed and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD and at the blazing breath from his nostrils! 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 for me from on high! He grabbed hold of me, drawing me out of deep water. “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 rescued me from my strong enemy— from those who hate me continually, since they were stronger than I. 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 They confronted me when I was in trouble, but the LORD remained my support! 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 He brought me to a wide open area, rescuing me because he was pleased with me! 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 dealt with me according to my righteousness, rewarding me according to the degree of my innocence, “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 because I have kept the LORD's way— I haven't willfully abandoned 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 and because all of his decrees remain in my thoughts, I have not turned aside from his statutes, 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 I have been innocent before him, and I've kept myself from incurring guilt. I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt. I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
25 The Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness, that is, according to my clean standing as he looks at me. 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 In the company of the gracious you demonstrate your gracious love. In the company of the blamelessly valiant you demonstrate your blamelessness. “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 In the company of the pure you demonstrate your purity. In the company of the perverted you will appear to 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 You save the nation who is humble but your eyes watch the proud, to bring them down. 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, LORD, the LORD who illuminates 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 By you I devastate armies, by my God I scale walls. 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 This God! His way is perfect! What the LORD declares proves true. He shields everyone who flees for protection to 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 For who is God apart from the LORD? And who is a Rock, apart from 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 This God is my strong place of valor! He has made my life blameless. 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 He has made my feet like those of a deer, setting me secure on his high 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 He has trained my hands for battle readiness— I can bend a bow made out of bronze. 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 He has equipped me with the shield that is your salvation, Your gentleness has made me great. 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've made room beneath me for my footsteps, and my feet didn't slip. 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 pursued my enemies and conquered them; I didn't return until they were consumed. 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 devoured them, striking them down until they could not get up again. They fell beneath 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 strengthened me with valor sufficient for the battle; you made those who rebelled against me fall beneath 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 made my enemies turn and run— that is, those who hate me— and I destroyed 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 looked around, but there was no one to save them — they looked to the LORD, but he paid no attention! 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 pulverized them to powder, like the dust of the earth; I crushed them, stomping on them like mud on a street. 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 delivered me from civil war among my own people. You preserved me as head of the nations. People whom I had never known served 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 Foreigners came cringing to me; they obeyed as soon as they heard 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 Foreigners lost their courage, coming trembling from their strongholds. Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses. They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
47 The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock, and may my God be exalted, the Rock who is my salvation! “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 The God who keeps on avenging me, subjugating people beneath 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 delivering me from my enemies. You exalted me above those who rebelled against me, delivering me from violent men. 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 all of this I will praise you among the nations, LORD, and I will sing praises 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 Great is the salvation he brings to his king, showing gracious love to his anointed, to David 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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