2 Samuel Chapter 22
22:1 | And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the ![]() |
22:2 | And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; |
22:3 | The God of my rock; in him will I ![]() |
22:4 | I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. |
22:5 | When the waves of ![]() |
22:6 | The sorrows of ![]() ![]() |
22:7 | 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. |
22:8 | Then the ![]() |
22:9 | There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. |
22:10 | He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his ![]() |
22:11 | And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. |
22:12 | And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark ![]() ![]() |
22:13 | Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. |
22:14 | The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. |
22:15 | And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. |
22:16 | 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. |
22:17 | He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many ![]() |
22:18 | He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. |
22:19 | They prevented me in the ![]() |
22:20 | He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. |
22:21 | The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. |
22:22 | 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. |
22:24 | I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. |
22:25 | Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. |
22:26 | With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, [and] with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright. |
22:27 | With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself unsavoury. |
22:28 | And the afflicted people thou wilt ![]() |
22:29 | For thou ![]() |
22:30 | For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. |
22:31 | [As for] God, his way [is] perfect; the word of the LORD [is] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that ![]() |
22:32 | For who [is] God, ![]() ![]() |
22:33 | God [is] my strength [and] ![]() |
22:34 | He maketh my ![]() ![]() |
22:35 | He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. |
22:36 | Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. |
22:37 | Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my ![]() |
22:38 | I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. |
22:39 | And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my ![]() |
22:40 | For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. |
22:41 | Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. |
22:42 | They looked, but [there was] none to ![]() |
22:43 | Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the ![]() |
22:44 | 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. |
22:45 | Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. |
22:46 | Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. |
22:47 | The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. |
22:48 | It [is] God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, |
22:49 | And that bringeth 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. |
22:50 | Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. |
22:51 | [He is] the tower of salvation for his ![]() |