2 Samuel 22 — King James Version

And David spake 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:● And he said, The LORD {is} my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;● 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.● I will call on the LORD, {who is} worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.● When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; {waves: or, pangs} {ungodly...: Heb. Belial}● The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; {sorrows: or, cords}● 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.● Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.● There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. {out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc}● He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness {was} under his feet.● And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.● And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, {and} thick clouds of the skies. {dark...: Heb. binding of waters}● Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.● The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.● And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.● 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.● He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; {many: or, great}● He delivered me from my strong enemy, {and} from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.● They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.● He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.● The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.● For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.● For all his judgments {were} before me: and {as for} his statutes, I did not depart from them.● I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. {before: Heb. to}● Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. {in...: Heb. before his eyes}● With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, {and} with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.● With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. {shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle}● And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes {are} upon the haughty, {that} thou mayest bring {them} down.● For thou {art} my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. {lamp: or, candle}● For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. {run: or, broken}● {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. {tried: or, refined}● For who {is} God, save the LORD? and who {is} a rock, save our God?● God {is} my strength {and} power: and he maketh my way perfect. {maketh: Heb. riddeth, or, looseth}● He maketh my feet like hinds' {feet}: and setteth me upon my high places. {maketh: Heb. equalleth}● He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. {to war: Heb. for the war}● Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. {made...: Heb. multiplied me}● Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. {feet: Heb. ankles}● I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.● And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.● For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. {subdued: Heb. caused to bow}● Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.● They looked, but {there was} none to save; {even} unto the LORD, but he answered them not.● 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.● 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.● Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. {Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger} {submit...: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie}● Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.● The LORD liveth; and blessed {be} my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.● It {is} God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, {avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for}● 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.● Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.● {He is} the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.●