II Samuel
Chapter 22
1 And David spoke unto HaShem the words of this song in the
day that HaShem delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the
hand of Saul;
2 and he said: HaShem is my rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer;
3 The G-d who is my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield,
and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; my saviour, Thou savest
me from violence.
4 Praised, I cry, is HaShem, and I am saved from mine
enemies.
5 For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial
assailed me.
6 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death
confronted me.
7 In my distress I called upon HaShem, yea, I called unto my
G-d; and out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry did enter into His
ears.
8 Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of
heaven did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.
9 Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth
did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick
darkness was under His feet.
11 And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He was seen
upon the wings of the wind.
12 And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering
of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13 At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth.
14 HaShem thundered from heaven, and the Most High gave forth
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 laid bare by the rebuke of HaShem, at the blast of the breath of
His nostrils.
17 He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many
waters;
18 He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, from them
that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but HaShem
was a stay unto me.
20 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered
me, because He delighted in me.
21 HaShem 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 HaShem, and have not wickedly
departed from my G-d.
23 For all His ordinances were before me; and as for His
statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 And I was single-hearted toward Him, and I kept myself
from mine iniquity.
25 Therefore hath HaShem recompensed me according to my
righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.
26 With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with
the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright,
27 With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the
crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.
28 And the afflicted people Thou dost save; but Thine eyes
are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.
29 For Thou art my lamp, O HaShem; and HaShem doth lighten my
darkness.
30 For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my G-d do I scale a
wall.
31 As for G-d, His way is perfect; the word of HaShem is
tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.
32 For who is G-d, save HaShem? and who is a Rock, save our
G-d?
33 The G-d who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way
go forth straight;
34 Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my
high places;
35 Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a
bow of brass.
36 Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation; and Thy
condescension hath made me great.
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not
slipped.
38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; neither
did I turn back till they were consumed.
39 And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, that
they cannot arise; yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40 For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle;
Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
41 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me;
yea, them that hate me, that I might cut them off.
42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto HaShem,
but He answered them not.
43 Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did
stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.
44 Thou also hast delivered me from the contentions of my
people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations; a people whom I have
not known serve me.
45 The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me; as soon
as they hear of me, they obey me.
46 The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out
of their close places.
47 HaShem liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the
G-d, my Rock of salvation;
48 Even the G-d that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth
down peoples under me,
49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies; yea, Thou
liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the
violent man.
50 Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O HaShem, among
the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.
51 A tower of salvation is He to His king; and showeth mercy
to His anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
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