King James Version2 Samuel22

2 Samuel

1 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: 2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my de­liv­er­er; 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. 4 I will call on the LORD, who is wor­thy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine en­e­mies. 5 When the waves of death com­passed me, the floods of un­god­ly men made me afraid; 6 The sor­rows of hell com­passed me about; the snares of death pre­vent­ed me; 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. 8 Then the earth shook and trem­bled; the foun­da­tions of heav­en moved and shook, be­cause he was wroth. 9 There went up a smoke out of his nos­trils, and fire out of his mouth de­voured: coals were kin­dled by it. 10 He bowed the heav­ens al­so, and came down; and dark­ness was un­der his feet. 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12 And he made dark­ness pavil­ions round about him, dark wa­ters, and thick clouds of the skies. 13 Through the bright­ness be­fore him were coals of fire kin­dled. 14 The LORD thun­dered from heav­en, and the most High ut­tered his voice. 15 And he sent out ar­rows, and scat­tered them; light­ning, and dis­com­fit­ed them. 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. 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many wa­ters; 18 He de­liv­ered me from my strong en­e­my, and from them that hat­ed me: for they were too strong for me. 19 They pre­vent­ed me in the day of my calami­ty: but the LORD was my stay. 20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he de­liv­ered me, be­cause he de­light­ed in me. 21 The LORD re­ward­ed me ac­cord­ing to my righ­teous­ness: ac­cord­ing to the clean­ness of my hands hath he rec­om­pensed me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wicked­ly de­part­ed from my God. 23 For all his judg­ments were be­fore me: and as for his statutes, I did not de­part from them. 24 I was also up­right be­fore him, and have kept my­self from mine in­iq­ui­ty. 25 There­fore the LORD hath rec­om­pensed me ac­cord­ing to my righ­teous­ness; ac­cord­ing to my clean­ness in his eye sight. 26 With the mer­ci­ful thou wilt shew thy­self mer­ci­ful, and with the up­right man thou wilt shew thy­self up­right. 27 With the pure thou wilt shew thy­self pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thy­self un­savoury. 28 And the af­flict­ed peo­ple thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. 29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will light­en my dark­ness. 30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 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. 32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? 33 God is my strength and pow­er: and he maketh my way per­fect. 34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and set­teth me upon my high places. 35 He tea­cheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is bro­ken by mine arms. 36 Thou hast also giv­en me the shield of thy sal­va­tion: and thy gen­tle­ness hath made me great. 37 Thou hast en­larged my steps un­der me; so that my feet did not slip. 38 I have pur­sued mine en­e­mies, and de­stroyed them; and turned not again un­til I had con­sumed them. 39 And I have con­sumed them, and wound­ed them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fall­en un­der my feet. 40 For thou hast gird­ed me with strength to bat­tle: them that rose up against me hast thou sub­dued un­der me. 41 Thou hast also giv­en me the necks of mine en­e­mies, that I might de­stroy them that hate me. 42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he an­swered them not. 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. 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. 45 Strangers shall sub­mit them­selves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obe­di­ent unto me. 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. 47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and ex­alt­ed be the God of the rock of my sal­va­tion. 48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the peo­ple un­der me, 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. 50 There­fore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the hea­then, and I will sing prais­es unto thy name. 51 He is the tow­er of sal­va­tion for his king: and sheweth mer­cy to his anoint­ed, unto David, and to his seed for ev­er­more.