2 Samuel 22:22-51 ▼

22 For I have kept the ways of YHWH, || And have not done wickedly against my God.

23 For all His judgments [are] before me, || As for His statutes, I do not turn from them.

24 And I am perfect before Him, || And I keep myself from my iniquity.

25 And YHWH returns to me, || According to my righteousness, || According to my cleanness before His eyes.

26 With the kind You show Yourself kind, || With the perfect man You show Yourself perfect,

27 With the pure You show Yourself pure, || And with the perverse You show Yourself a wrestler.

28 And You save the poor people, || But Your eyes on the high cause [them] to fall.

29 For You [are] my lamp, O YHWH, || And YHWH lightens my darkness.

30 For by You I run [against] a troop, || By my God I leap a wall.

31 God—His way [is] perfect, || The saying of YHWH is tried, || He [is] a shield to all those trusting in Him.

32 For who is God except YHWH? And who [is the] Rock except our God?

33 God—my bulwark, [my] strength, || And He makes my way perfect;

34 Making my feet like does, || And causes me to stand on my high places,

35 Teaching my hands for battle, || And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms,

36 And You give the shield of Your salvation to me, || And Your lowliness makes me great.

37 You enlarge my step under me, || And my ankles have not slipped.

38 I pursue my enemies and destroy them, || And I do not turn until they are consumed.

39 And I consume them, and strike them, || And they do not rise, and fall under my feet.

40 And You gird me [with] strength for battle, || You cause my withstanders to bow under me.

41 And my enemies—You give to me the neck, || Those hating me—and I cut them off.

42 They look, and there is no savior; To YHWH, and He has not answered them.

43 And I beat them as dust of the earth, || As mire of the streets I beat them small—I spread them out!

44 And You deliver me || From the strivings of my people, || You place me for a head of nations; A people I have not known serve me.

45 Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, || At the hearing of the ear they listen to me.

46 Sons of a stranger fade away, || And gird themselves by their close places.

47 YHWH lives, and blessed [is] my Rock, || And exalted is my God—The Rock of my salvation.

48 God—who is giving vengeance to me, || And bringing down peoples under me,

49 And bringing me forth from my enemies, || Indeed, You raise me up above my withstanders. You deliver me from a man of violence.

50 Therefore I confess You, O YHWH, among nations, || And I sing praise to Your Name.

51 Magnifying the salvations of His king, || And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, || To David, and to his seed—for all time!”