UST 2 SAM Chapter 22

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22 After Yahweh had rescued David from Saul and his other enemies, David sang a song to Yahweh. 2 This is what he sang: “Yahweh, you are like a huge rock or fortress where I can go to be safe. I can be confident that you will rescue me when I am in trouble. 3 Yahweh, you protect me. I am as safe as I would be if I were hiding on top of a cliff. It is as if you are a shield that defends me. You are the powerful God who saves me. You are like a high place where I find refuge. You save me from those who act violently toward me. 4 You deserve for people to praise you, Yahweh. When I cry to you for help, you rescue me from my enemies. 5 Someone was trying to kill me, and I was in such danger of dying that it was as if a huge wave was crashing over me. His wicked plans against me were like floodwaters that were carrying me away, and this made me very afraid. 6 I did not think I could escape going to the place where dead people go. It was as if that place had wrapped ropes around me and was pulling me down into it. It was as if the only direction I could walk was right into a trap where I would surely die. 7 But when I was very distressed, I cried out to you, Yahweh my God. From your temple in heaven you could hear me calling, and you listened to my prayer. 8 It made you so angry that someone was trying to kill me, and you responded so powerfully, that it was as if there was a great earthquake. It seemed as if the sky itself was shaking. 9 Your power was so great that it was as if there was a volcano from which smoke was rising, a stream of fire was flowing out that burned up everything in its path, and hot coals were flying into the air that started fires where they landed. 10 Your power was so great when you came to help me that it was as if there was a great thunderstorm, with only a little sky visible below the low-hanging dark clouds. 11 You came very fast to help me, as if you were riding on a creature that had wings. It was as if the strong winds of a thunderstorm were a bird that you were riding. 12 It was as if you had made the darkness of the storm a safe place for you to stay. Yes, it was as if you had a temporary shelter within the clouds that were full of water. 13 It was as if it became bright where you were within the clouds, and then lightning bolts came from there. 14 It was as if there was a loud sound of thunder in the sky because you, Yahweh, the God who is greater than all other gods, had spoken to announce that you were coming to rescue me. 15 It was as if you sent flashes of lightning that made my enemies so afraid that they ran away in different directions, as if you had shot arrows at them. 16 Then it was as if you shouted at my enemies to tell them to stop trying to kill me. It was as if you blew away all the water that was covering the bottom of the ocean and all the ground that was over the deepest part of the earth. 17 It was as if you reached down from heaven and grabbed me so that you could pull me up out of the deep water of the ocean. 18 There was a powerful man who wanted to harm me, and there were people who hated me. They were too strong for me to defeat, but you rescued me from them. 19 They attacked me, and they would have destroyed me, but you, Yahweh, protected me. 20 You brought me to a place where I was safe. You love me, and so you rescued me. 21 Yahweh, you did good things for me because I did what was right. I did not harm my enemies, so you made sure that they did not harm me. 22 Yahweh, I have lived as you want people to live. I have not stopped obeying you, my God, and done wicked things instead. 23 I have remained aware of what you have said people should do, and I have continued to obey all your laws. 24 I have not done anything for which you would blame me. I have been careful not to do anything for which you would punish me. 25 You have done good things for me because I did what is right. You recognize that I am innocent. 26 When people are loyal to you, you act loyally toward them. When people are careful to do good things for others, you do good things for them. 27 You allow sincere people to recognize how sincere you are. But when people try to trick others, you show that you are much more clever than they are. 28 You rescue people whom others are afflicting. You are aware of people who are arrogant, and you humiliate them. 29 Yahweh, you are like a lamp that shines light so that I can see even when it is dark. 30 With your help I have caught and defeated a band of raiders. With your help I have captured a city that had walls around it, as if I had leaped over those walls. 31 My God, everything that you do is perfect. Everything that you say is right. You protect everyone who depends on you, as if you are a shield that defends them. 32 Yahweh, you are the only real God. Only you are like a huge rock where I can go to be safe. 33 My God, you are like a very secure place where I can go to hide from danger. You make sure that nothing prevents me from doing what you want me to do. 34 You enable me to walk about safely in the mountains, as a deer does, without falling. 35 You teach me how to fight in a battle. You give me the strength to bend and string a bronze bow. 36 You have saved me by protecting me like a shield, and by answering my prayers, you have enabled me to defeat my enemies. 37 You have given me many ways to respond to each situation. As a result, I have been able to carry out my plans successfully. 38 I chased my enemies and defeated them. I did not stop fighting them until I had killed them all. 39 I defeated them so completely that they had no army left. The ones who fell to the ground never got up, because they died of their wounds. 40 You have given me the strength and courage to fight battles. When people revolted against me, you enabled me to subdue them. 41 You enabled me to defeat my enemies and step in triumph on their necks. You gave me power over those who hated me so that I was able to destroy them. 42 They looked for someone to rescue them, but no one did. They cried out for help to you, Yahweh, but you did not help them. 43 I defeated them so completely that they were no longer any threat to me, no more than tiny particles of dust would be. It was as if I had flattened them smoothly on the ground like the mud on the streets. 44 You rescued me from the Israelites who tried to rebel against me. You preserved me as the ruler of many nations. Foreign people are now my subjects. 45 Foreign rulers fearfully bow down in front of me to show their submission. When they heard about what Yahweh enabled me to do, they obeyed me. 46 I defeat foreign armies that resist me so that they become weak, like a plant that dries up in the sun. They surrender and come out of their cities with walls shaking with weakness and fear. 47 Yahweh, you are the only real God! I praise you! You are like a huge rock where I can go to be safe! You are the powerful God who rescues me. Everyone should exalt you. 48 You are the God who enables me to conquer enemies who have attacked me. You cause the people of other nations to be subject to my rule. 49 You kept my enemies from capturing me. People rebelled against me, but it as if their armies had been floodwaters and you lifted me out of them to safety. You rescued me from men who tried to harm me. 50 Because of all this, I thank you, Yahweh, so that all people groups will know that you are the one who has helped me. I sing to praise you for what you have done that has made you famous. 51 You chose me to be king, and you have done great things to save me from my enemies. You faithfully show kindness to me, David, whom you anointed as king, and you will always show kindness faithfully to my descendants.”

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