2 Samuel 22 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And David will speak to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered 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 will say, Jehovah my rock and my fastness and my deliverer; 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 The God of my rock; I will trust in him: My shield and the horn of my salvation, my height and my refuge; My saviour; thou wilt 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 Praising, I will call Jehovah and shall be saved from mine 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 breakers of death surrounded me The torrents of Beilal will terrify 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 pangs of hades surrounded me; The snares of death anticipated 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 straits to me I will call Jehovah, And to God will I call, And he will hear my voice from his temple, And my cry in 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 And the earth will shake and tremble, The foundation of the heavens will be disturbed, And they will shake, for it kindled to him. “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 went up in his anger, And fire from his mouth shall consume: Coals were kindled from 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 will incline the heavens and come down; And darkness under 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 will ride upon a cherub and fly: And he will be seen 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 And he will set darkness round about him for booths, The gatherings of waters the darkness of 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 before him were coals of fire 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 Jehovah will thunder from the heavens, And the Most High will give 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 will send arrows and scatter them lightning, and put them in commotion. 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 torrents of the sea will be seen, The foundations of the habitable globe will be uncovered, In the rebuke of Jehovah, from the breath of the spirit of his anger. 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 will send from height, he will take me; He will draw 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 will deliver me from my strong enemy, From them hating me, for they were strong above 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 They will anticipate me in the day of misfortune, And Jehovah will be a support to me: 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 will bring me forth to a wide place; He will deliver me for he delighted in 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 Jehovah will recompense me according to my justice: According to the cleanness of my hands he turned back to me. “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 watched the ways of Jehovah, And I acted not wickedly away from 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 before me, And his laws I will not depart from them. 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 will be blameless to him, and I shall be washed from mine 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 Jehovah will turn back to me according to my justice: According to my cleanness before 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 merciful thou wilt be merciful, With the perfect man thou wilt 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 chosen thou wilt be chosen, And with the perverse thou wilt be unseasoned. 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 the people of affliction thou wilt save: And thine eyes upon the lifted up, thou wilt humble. 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 thou my light, O Jehovah: And Jehovah will enlighten 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 thee will I run, being pressed In my God will I leap over a 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 The Strong One, blameless his way The saying of Jehovah purified, A shield to all trusting 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 For who God besides Jehovah? And who a rock besides 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 The Strong One strengthening me with strength: And he will leave his way 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 Setting my feet as the hinds: And upon the heights will he cause me to stand. 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 the war, And bringing down the brazen bow by mine arm. 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 And thou wilt give to me the shield of thy salvation, and thine answer will multiply 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 Thou wilt enlarge my steps under me, And my joints were not unsteady. 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 mine enemies and destroy them I will not turn back even to finishing 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 And I will consume them and crush them, and they shall not be raised up. 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 Thou wilt fasten me together with strength for the war, Thou wilt subdue under me him rising up against 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 And the neck of mine enemies wilt thou give to me Those hating me, and I will cut them off. 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 look, and no saviour To Jehovah, and he answered them not. 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 And I will rub them as the dust of the earth: As the mire of the streets I will stamp them, I will beat them: 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 And thou wilt save me from the strifes of my people, Thou wilt watch me for the head of nations: The people I have not known 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 the stranger will lie to me: For the hearing of the ear they will hear 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 sons of the stranger shall fail, and be girded from their enclosings. Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses. They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
47 Jehovah living; and praised my rock: And God shall be lifted up, the rock of 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 Strong One giving vengeance to me, And bringing down 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 And bringing me out from mine enemies lifting me up from them rising up against me: From the man of violence thou wilt deliver me. 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 For this will I praise thee, O Jehovah, in the nations, to thy name will I play on the harp. “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 he has done mercy to his Messiah To David and to his seed even to 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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