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ULT 2SA Chapter 22

22 And David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song on the day Yahweh rescued him from the palm of all his enemies and from the palm of Saul. 2 And he said,

“Yahweh is my rock and my fortress

and the one who delivers me, even me.

3 God of my rock—I take refuge in him,

my shield and the horn of my salvation,

my elevated place and my refuge,

my savior—you save me from violence.

4 “Praiseworthy, I called to Yahweh,

and from my enemies, I was saved.

5 For the waves of death surrounded me,

the streams of worthlessness terrified me.

6 The ropes of Sheol surrounded me;

the snares of death met me.

7 “In the distress which belonged to me,

I called to Yahweh,

and to my God I called.

And he heard my voice from his temple,

and my cry was in his ears.

8 And the earth reeled, and it shook.

The foundations of the heavens trembled,

and they shook, because it became hot to him.

9 Smoke went up in his nose,

and fire from his mouth consumed.

Coals burned from him.

10 And he stretched out the heavens, and he came down,

and darkness was under his feet.

11 And he rode on a cherub,

and he flew.

He was seen on the wings of the wind.

12 And he put darkness all around him as a covering,

a sieve of waters, clouds of thick clouds.

13 From the brightness before him

coals of fire burned.

14 Yahweh thundered from heaven;

The Most High gave his voice.

15 And he sent out arrows, and he scattered them—

lightning, and he confused them.

16 And the channels of the sea were seen;

the foundations of the world were uncovered

at the rebuke of Yahweh,

from the breath of the wind of his nose.

17 “He sent out from the heights; he took me.

He drew me from the great waters.

18 He rescued me from my strong enemy,

from the people who hated me,

for they were stronger than me.

19 They met me on the day of my calamity,

but Yahweh was support for me.

20 And he brought me out to a broad place.

He delivered me because he delighted in me.

21 “Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands, he has returned to me,

22 for I have kept the paths of Yahweh,

and I have not acted wickedly away from my God.

23 For all his judgments are before me,

and his statutes—I have not turned away from them.

24 And I have been blameless toward him,

and I have kept myself from my iniquity.

25 And Yahweh returned to me according to my righteousness,

according to my cleanness in front of his eyes.

26 “With a faithful person, you show yourself faithful;

with a blameless mighty man, you prove yourself blameless.

27 With a purified person, you show yourself pure,

but with a crooked person, you show yourself deceptive.

28 You save afflicted people,

but your eyes are against the proud—you bring down.

29 “For you are my lamp, Yahweh,

and Yahweh lightens my darkness.

30 For by you, I can run against a troop of warriors;

by my God I can leap over a wall.

31 “This God—his path is perfect.

The word of Yahweh is refined.

He is a shield to everyone who takes refuge in him.

32 For who is God apart from Yahweh?

And who is a rock apart from our God?

33 This God is my stronghold of strength,

and he sets loose the blameless person, my path.

34 The one who makes my feet like the deer,

and on my high places he makes me stand.

35 The one who trains my hands for war,

and my arms pull back a bow of bronze.

36 And you gave to me the shield of your salvation,

and with your answering, you made me great.

37 You made my step wide under me,

and my feet did not slip.

38 “Let me pursue my enemies,

and let me destroy them,

and I will not return until they are finished.

39 And I will consume them,

and I will smash them,

and they will not rise.

And they will fall under my feet.

40 And you gird me with military prowess for the war;

you make the people who rise up under me bow down.

41 And my enemies—you give to me the back of their neck;

the people who hate me, and I destroy them.

42 They look, but there is no savior;

to Yahweh, but he does not answer them.

43 And I crush them like the dust of the earth.

Like the mud of the streets, I pulverize them;

I trample them.

44 “And you deliver me from the disputes of my people.

You keep me as the head of nations.

People whom I did not know—they serve me.

45 Sons of the foreigner—they cower in fear to me.

At the report of an ear, they obey me.

46 Sons of the foreigner wear out,

and they tremble from their prisons.

47 “Yahweh is living! And may my rock be blessed,

and may the God of the rock of my salvation be exalted.

48 This God is the one who gives vengeance to me,

and the one who brings down peoples under me,

49 and the one who brings me out from my enemies.

And from the ones who rise up against me, you lift me up;

from a man of violence, you deliver me.

50 “Therefore, I praise you, Yahweh, among the nations,

and to your name I sing praise.

51 The one who magnifies the salvation of his king,

and the one who does faithfulness to his anointed one,

to David, and to his seed until forever.”

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