2 Samuel 22

^{2 Samuel 22:1} And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

^{2 Samuel 22:2} He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

^{2 Samuel 22:3} My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.

^{2 Samuel 22:4} I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

^{2 Samuel 22:5} For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

^{2 Samuel 22:6} The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

^{2 Samuel 22:7} In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.

^{2 Samuel 22:8} Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

^{2 Samuel 22:9} Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

^{2 Samuel 22:10} He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

^{2 Samuel 22:11} He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

^{2 Samuel 22:12} He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

^{2 Samuel 22:13} From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.

^{2 Samuel 22:14} The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

^{2 Samuel 22:15} He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

^{2 Samuel 22:16} The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

^{2 Samuel 22:17} He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

^{2 Samuel 22:18} He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

^{2 Samuel 22:19} They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.

^{2 Samuel 22:20} He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

^{2 Samuel 22:21} The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

^{2 Samuel 22:22} For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

^{2 Samuel 22:23} For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

^{2 Samuel 22:24} And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

^{2 Samuel 22:25} So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.

^{2 Samuel 22:26} To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

^{2 Samuel 22:27} to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

^{2 Samuel 22:28} You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

^{2 Samuel 22:29} For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.

^{2 Samuel 22:30} For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.

^{2 Samuel 22:31} As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

^{2 Samuel 22:32} For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

^{2 Samuel 22:33} God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.

^{2 Samuel 22:34} He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.

^{2 Samuel 22:35} He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

^{2 Samuel 22:36} You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

^{2 Samuel 22:37} You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

^{2 Samuel 22:38} I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

^{2 Samuel 22:39} I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

^{2 Samuel 22:40} You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

^{2 Samuel 22:41} You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.

^{2 Samuel 22:42} They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.

^{2 Samuel 22:43} I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

^{2 Samuel 22:44} You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

^{2 Samuel 22:45} Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.

^{2 Samuel 22:46} Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

^{2 Samuel 22:47} The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—

^{2 Samuel 22:48} the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,

^{2 Samuel 22:49} who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.

^{2 Samuel 22:50} Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.

^{2 Samuel 22:51} Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”