2 Samuel 22:1-24 ▼

1 And David spoke unto 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 The God who is my rock, in Him I take refuge; My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, Thou savest me from violence.

4 Praised, I cry, is the LORD, And I am saved from mine enemies.

5 For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.

6 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of Death confronted me.

7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, Yea, I called unto my God; And out of His temple He heard my voice, And my cry did enter into His ears.

8 Then the earth did shake and quake, The foundations of heaven did tremble; They were shaken, because He was wroth.

9 Smoke arose up in His nostrils, And fire out of His mouth did devour; Coals flamed forth from Him.

10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under His feet.

11 And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.

12 And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

13 At the brightness before Him Coals of fire flamed forth.

14 The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High gave forth His voice.

15 And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.

16 And 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, He took me; He drew me out of many waters;

18 He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, From them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity; But the LORD was a stay unto me.

20 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.

21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.

22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

23 For all His ordinances were before me; And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

24 And I was single-hearted toward Him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.