2 Samuel 22:1-19 ▼

1 David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

2 and he said, |The LORD is my Rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.

3 My God, my Rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; from violent people he saves me.

4 I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

5 For the waves of death surrounded me, and the currents of ungodliness overwhelmed me.

6 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and I cried out to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came into his ears.

8 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

9 Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.

10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

11 He rode on a cherub, and flew; and he glided on the wings of the wind.

12 He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy around him thick clouds dark with water.

13 From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed on, with hailstones and coals of fire.

14 The LORD thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.

15 And he sent out arrows and scattered them, and he shot lightning bolts and routed them.

16 Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

17 He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.

18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

19 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.