2 Samuel 22

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2 Sam 22:1
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 Sam 22:2
And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
2 Sam 22:3
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.
2 Sam 22:4
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
2 Sam 22:5
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
2 Sam 22:6
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
2 Sam 22:7
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.
2 Sam 22:8
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
2 Sam 22:9
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
2 Sam 22:10
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
2 Sam 22:11
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
2 Sam 22:12
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
2 Sam 22:13
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
2 Sam 22:14
The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
2 Sam 22:15
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
2 Sam 22:16
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.
2 Sam 22:17
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
2 Sam 22:18
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
2 Sam 22:19
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
2 Sam 22:20
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
2 Sam 22:21
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
2 Sam 22:22
For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
2 Sam 22:23
For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
2 Sam 22:24
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
2 Sam 22:25
Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
2 Sam 22:26
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
2 Sam 22:27
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
2 Sam 22:28
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
2 Sam 22:29
For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
2 Sam 22:30
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
2 Sam 22:31
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.
2 Sam 22:32
For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?
2 Sam 22:33
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
2 Sam 22:34
He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
2 Sam 22:35
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
2 Sam 22:36
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
2 Sam 22:37
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
2 Sam 22:38
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
2 Sam 22:39
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
2 Sam 22:40
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
2 Sam 22:41
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
2 Sam 22:42
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
2 Sam 22:43
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.
2 Sam 22:44
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.
2 Sam 22:45
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
2 Sam 22:46
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
2 Sam 22:47
The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
2 Sam 22:48
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
2 Sam 22:49
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.
2 Sam 22:50
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
2 Sam 22:51
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

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