David's song of deliverance

2 Samuel 22:1–20

¹David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul, ²and he said: “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine; ³God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence. ⁴I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. ⁵For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. ⁶The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me. ⁷In my distress, I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears. ⁸Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry. ⁹Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it. ¹⁰He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet. ¹¹He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind. ¹²He made darkness a shelter around himself: gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies. ¹³At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled. ¹⁴Yahweh thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice. ¹⁵He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and confused them. ¹⁶Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by Yahweh’s rebuke, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. ¹⁷He sent from on high and 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 too mighty for me. ¹⁹They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support. ²⁰He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.