#### 2 Samuel 22

Verses : {1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10} {11} {12} {13} {14} {15} {16} {17} {18} {19} {20} {21} {22} {23} {24} {25} {26} {27} {28} {29} {30} {31} {32} {33} {34} {35} {36} {37} {38} {39} {40} {41} {42} {43} {44} {45} {46} {47} {48} {49} {50} {51}

^ 2S 22.1: And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
^ 2S 22.2: And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
^ 2S 22.3: The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
^ 2S 22.4: I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
^ 2S 22.5: When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
^ 2S 22.6: The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
^ 2S 22.7: In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry [did enter] into his ears.
^ 2S 22.8: Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
^ 2S 22.9: There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
^ 2S 22.10: He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.
^ 2S 22.11: And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
^ 2S 22.12: And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.
^ 2S 22.13: Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
^ 2S 22.14: The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
^ 2S 22.15: And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
^ 2S 22.16: And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
^ 2S 22.17: He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
^ 2S 22.18: He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
^ 2S 22.19: They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
^ 2S 22.20: He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
^ 2S 22.21: The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
^ 2S 22.22: For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
^ 2S 22.23: For all his judgments [were] before me: and [as for] his statutes, I did not depart from them.
^ 2S 22.24: I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
^ 2S 22.25: Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
^ 2S 22.26: With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, [and] with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
^ 2S 22.27: With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
^ 2S 22.28: And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes [are] upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down.
^ 2S 22.29: For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
^ 2S 22.30: For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
^ 2S 22.31: [As for] God, his way [is] perfect; the word of the LORD [is] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him.
^ 2S 22.32: For who [is] God, save the LORD? and who [is] a rock, save our God?
^ 2S 22.33: God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect.
^ 2S 22.34: He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places.
^ 2S 22.35: He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
^ 2S 22.36: Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
^ 2S 22.37: Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
^ 2S 22.38: I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
^ 2S 22.39: And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
^ 2S 22.40: For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
^ 2S 22.41: Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
^ 2S 22.42: They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
^ 2S 22.43: Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, [and] did spread them abroad.
^ 2S 22.44: Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a people [which] I knew not shall serve me.
^ 2S 22.45: Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
^ 2S 22.46: Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
^ 2S 22.47: The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
^ 2S 22.48: It [is] God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
^ 2S 22.49: And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
^ 2S 22.50: Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
^ 2S 22.51: [He is] the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.