2Sam 22
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And David spoke to YHWH the words of this song in the day that YHWH delivered him
out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
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and he said, YHWH is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
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God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation,
my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, you save me from violence.
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I will call upon YHWH, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine
enemies.
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For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
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The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
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In my distress I called upon YHWH; Yea, I called to my God: And he heard my voice
out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears.
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Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken,
because he was wroth.
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There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals
were kindled by it.
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
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And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
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And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds
of the skies.
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At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.
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YHWH thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.
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And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.
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Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare,
By the rebuke of YHWH, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
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He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; for they were too mighty
for me.
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They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But YHWH was my stay.
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He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted
in me.
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YHWH rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands
has he recompensed me.
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For I have kept the ways of YHWH, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
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For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from
them.
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I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
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Therefore has YHWH recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to
my cleanness in his eyesight.
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With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; With the perfect man you will show
yourself perfect;
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With the pure you will show yourself pure; And with the perverse you will show yourself
froward.
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And the afflicted people you will save; But your eyes are upon the haughty, that you
may bring them down.
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For you are my lamp, O YHWH; And YHWH will lighten my darkness.
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For by you I run upon a troop; By my God do I leap over a wall.
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As for God, his way is perfect: The word of YHWH is tried; He is a shield to all them
that take refuge in him.
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For who is God, save YHWH? And who is a rock, save our God?
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God is my strong fortress; And he guides the perfect in his way.
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He makes his feet like hinds` [feet], And sets me upon my high places.
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He teaches my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
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You have also given me the shield of your salvation; And your gentleness has made
me great.
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You have enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.
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I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again till they
were consumed.
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And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise:
Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
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For you have girded me with strength to the battle; You have subdued under me those
that rose up against me.
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You have also made mine enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off
them that hate me.
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They looked, but there was none to save; Even to YHWH, but he answered them not.
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Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire
of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
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You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have kept me
to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
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The foreigners shall submit themselves to me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall
obey me.
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The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
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YHWH lives; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
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Even the God that executes vengeance for me, And that brings down peoples under me,
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And that brings me forth from mine enemies: Yea, you lift me up above them that rise
up against me; You deliver me from the violent man.
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Therefore I will give thanks to you, O YHWH, among the nations, And will sing
praises to your name.
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Great deliverance gives he to his king, And shows lovingkindness to his anointed,
To David and to his seed, for evermore.