2 Samuel 22 · Clearspring

David’s Song of Deliverance

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.”+

David’s Song of Deliverance

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