“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.” (2 Samuel
22:1-51 AV)
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