KJ3 Literal Translation
2 Samuel 22
A psalm of thanksgiving for Jehovah's powerful deliverance and manifold blessings.
1And David spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
2And he said: Jehovah is my rock and my fortress, and my Deliverer.
3My God is my rock; I shall take refuge in Him; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge! My Savior, You save me from violence.
4I call on Jehovah, the One to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.
5When the waves of death surround me, the torrents of wickedness terrify me,
6the cords of Sheol are all around me, the snares of death confronted me;
7in my distress I called on Jehovah, and I called to my God; and He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry was in His ears.
8And the earth shook and quaked, the foundations of the heavens were quaking and were shaken; for there was anger to Him.
9Smoke rose up in His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled by it.
10And He bowed the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under His feet.
11And He rode on a cherub, and did fly, and was seen on the wings of the wind.
12And He made darkness pavilions all around Him, the gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13From the brightness before Him were brands of fire kindled!
14Jehovah thundered from the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice,
15and He sent forth arrows and scattered them; lightning, and confused them;
16and the channels of the sea were seen; the world's foundations were seen by the rebuke of Jehovah, from the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
17He sent from above; He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
18He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were stronger than I.
19They confronted me in the day of my calamity, and Jehovah was a support to me;
20and He brought me out to a broad place; He delivered me, for He delighted in me.
21Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands, He has repaid me.
22For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not acted wickedly against my God.
23For all His judgments were before me. And I do not turn away from His statutes.
24And I was blameless before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
25And Jehovah gave back to me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.
26With the kind You show Yourself kind. With the blameless man, You show Yourself perfect.
27With the pure, You will show Yourself pure, and with the perverted one You will appear perverse.
28And You shall save the afflicted people, and Your eyes are on the exalted one, whom You bring low.
29For You are my lamp, O Jehovah; and Jehovah shall enlighten my darkness.
30For by You I run through a troop; by my God I leap over a wall.
31As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is tested; He is a shield to all those who seek refuge in Him.
32For who is God except Jehovah? And who is a rock except our God?
33God is my strong fortress; and He sets the blameless free in his way,
34making my feet like hinds' feet, even causing me to stand on my high places;
35teaching my hands for battle, so that my hands may bend a bow of bronze.
36And You have given to me the shield of Your salvation; and You afflicted me to make me great.
37You enlarged my steps under me, and my ankles have not slipped.
38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; and I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39And I consumed them, and struck them, and they did not rise; but fell under my feet.
40Yea, You girded me with might for battle; You caused those rising against me to bow under me.
41And You gave to me the necks of my enemies; those hating me I silenced.
42They looked, and there was none to save; to Jehovah, and He did not answer them.
43And I pulverized them as the dust of the earth; I crushed them as the mire of the streets; I stamped them.
44And You delivered me from the strife of my people; You kept me as the head of the nations; a people I have not known serve me.
45The sons of strangers feign obedience to me; at the hearing of the ear they listen to me.
46The sons of strangers fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
47Jehovah lives! And blessed is the Rock, and exalted be the God of the Rock of my salvation;
48the God who is giving vengeance for me, and brings down peoples under me,
49and brings me forth from my enemies; yea, You raise me up above those rising up against me; You deliver me from the violent man.
50On account of this I will confess You, Jehovah, among nations; and I will sing praise to Your name.
51A tower of salvation is He to His king; even doing mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, until forever!
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