2 Samuel 22:35-51 ▼

35 He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36 You have given me the shield of your salvation; your help exalts me.

37 You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way.

38 I pursue my enemies and destroy them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

39 I wipe them out and crush them, and they do not rise; they fall beneath my feet.

40 You have clothed me with strength for battle; you subdue my adversaries beneath me.

41 You have made my enemies retreat before me; I annihilate those who hate me.

42 They look, but there is no one to save them — they look to the LORD, but he does not answer them.

43 I pulverize them like dust of the earth; I crush them and trample them like mud in the streets.

44 You have freed me from the feuds among my people; you have preserved me as head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.

45 Foreigners submit to me cringing; as soon as they hear, they obey me.

46 Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications.

47 The LORD lives—blessed be my rock! God, the rock of my salvation, is exalted.

48 God—he grants me vengeance and casts down peoples under me.

49 He frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my adversaries; you rescue me from violent men.

50 Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises about your name.

51 He is a tower of salvation for his king; he shows loyalty to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.