2 Samuel 22

Berean Standard Bible

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David sings a song of thanksgiving to the Lord after being delivered from the hand of all his enemies and from Saul. He describes the Lord as his rock, fortress, and deliverer who heard his cry from His temple during his distress. The text depicts the Lord descending with dramatic displays of power, including earthquakes, fire, thunder, and lightning, to rescue David from deep waters and powerful foes. David recounts how the Lord supported him, rewarded his righteousness, cleared his path, trained his hands for battle, and subdued his adversaries. The chapter concludes with David praising the Lord among the nations, acknowledging Him as the God who avenges, rescues, and grants eternal salvation to His king and his descendants.

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¹And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. ²He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. ³My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence. ⁴I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. ⁵For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. ⁶The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. ⁷In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears. ⁸Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. ⁹Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth. ¹⁰He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. ¹¹He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. ¹²He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds. ¹³From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth. ¹⁴The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. ¹⁵He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. ¹⁶The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils. ¹⁷He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters. ¹⁸He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me. ¹⁹They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support. ²⁰He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me. ²¹The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. ²²For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. ²³For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes. ²⁴And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity. ²⁵So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight. ²⁶To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless; ²⁷to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd. ²⁸You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. ²⁹For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness. ³⁰For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall. ³¹As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. ³²For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? ³³God is my strong fortress, and He makes my way clear. ³⁴He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. ³⁵He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. ³⁶You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me. ³⁷You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way. ³⁸I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed. ³⁹I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet. ⁴⁰You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me. ⁴¹You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me. ⁴²They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer. ⁴³I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets. ⁴⁴You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me. ⁴⁵Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me. ⁴⁶Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds. ⁴⁷The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted— ⁴⁸the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me, ⁴⁹who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men. ⁵⁰Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name. ⁵¹Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”

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