[[2 Samuel 21|<< 2 Samuel 21]] | [[2 Samuel|2 Samuel]] | [[2 Samuel 23|2 Samuel 23 >>]] ### 2 Samuel 22 1 AND David spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day _that_ the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: ^1 2 And he said, The LORD _is_ my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; ^2 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: _he_ _is_ my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. ^3 4 I will call on the LORD, _who_ _is_ worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. ^4 5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; ^5 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; ^6 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry _did_ _enter_ into his ears. ^7 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. ^8 9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. ^9 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness _was_ under his feet. ^10 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. ^11 12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, _and_ thick clouds of the skies. ^12 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. ^13 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. ^14 15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. ^15 16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. ^16 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; ^17 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, _and_ from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. ^18 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. ^19 20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. ^20 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. ^21 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. ^22 23 For all his judgments _were_ before me: and _as_ _for_ his statutes, I did not depart from them. ^23 24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. ^24 25 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. ^25 26 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, _and_ with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright. ^26 27 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself unsavoury. ^27 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes _are_ upon the haughty, _that_ thou mayest bring _them_ down. ^28 29 For thou _art_ my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. ^29 30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. ^30 31 _As_ _for_ God, his way _is_ perfect; the word of the LORD _is_ tried: he _is_ a buckler to all them that trust in him. ^31 32 For who _is_ God, save the LORD? and who _is_ a rock, save our God? ^32 33 God _is_ my strength _and_ power: and he makes my way perfect. ^33 34 He makes my feet like hinds' _feet:_ and sets me upon my high places. ^34 35 He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. ^35 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness has made me great. ^36 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. ^37 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. ^38 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. ^39 40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. ^40 41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. ^41 42 They looked, but _there_ _was_ none to save; _even_ unto the LORD, but he answered them not. ^42 43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, _and_ did spread them abroad. ^43 44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me _to_ _be_ head of the heathen: a people _which_ I knew not shall serve me. ^44 45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. ^45 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. ^46 47 The LORD lives; and blessed _be_ my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. ^47 48 It _is_ God that avenges me, and that brings down the people under me, ^48 49 And that brings me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. ^49 50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. ^50 51 _He_ _is_ the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. ^51