The LORD Is My Rock (2 Samuel 22:1–51)
1 AKJV To the chief musician, a psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke unto the LORD the words of this song, in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love you, O LORD, my strength. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who 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. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
2 AKJV The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. BSB BSB: The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 AKJV I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies. BSB BSB: I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
4 AKJV The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. BSB BSB: The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
5 AKJV The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. BSB BSB: The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
6 AKJV In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. BSB BSB: In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
7 AKJV Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. BSB BSB: Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
8 AKJV There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. BSB BSB: Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
9 AKJV He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. BSB BSB: He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
10 AKJV And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: yes, he did fly on the wings of the wind. BSB BSB: He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
11 AKJV He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. BSB BSB: He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
12 AKJV At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. BSB BSB: From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced—hailstones and coals of fire.
13 AKJV The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. BSB BSB: The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire.
14 AKJV Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightning, and discomfited them. BSB BSB: He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
15 AKJV Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. BSB BSB: The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
16 AKJV He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. BSB BSB: He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
17 AKJV He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. BSB BSB: He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
18 AKJV They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. BSB BSB: They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
19 AKJV He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. BSB BSB: He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
20 AKJV The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. BSB BSB: The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
21 AKJV For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. BSB BSB: For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 AKJV For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. BSB BSB: For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
23 AKJV I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. BSB BSB: And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
24 AKJV Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. BSB BSB: So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
25 AKJV With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright; BSB BSB: To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
26 AKJV With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself devious. BSB BSB: to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
27 AKJV For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks. BSB BSB: For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
28 AKJV For you will light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. BSB BSB: For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
29 AKJV For by you I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. BSB BSB: For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
30 AKJV As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. BSB BSB: As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
31 AKJV For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? BSB BSB: For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
32 AKJV It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect. BSB BSB: It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
33 AKJV He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places. BSB BSB: He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
34 AKJV He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms. BSB BSB: He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 AKJV You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your right hand has held me up, and your gentleness has made me great. BSB BSB: You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
36 AKJV You have enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. BSB BSB: You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
37 AKJV I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. BSB BSB: I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
38 AKJV I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. BSB BSB: I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
39 AKJV For you have girded me with strength to the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me. BSB BSB: You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
40 AKJV You have also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. BSB BSB: You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
41 AKJV They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he answered them not. BSB BSB: They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
42 AKJV Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. BSB BSB: I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
43 AKJV You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. BSB BSB: You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
44 AKJV As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me. BSB BSB: When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
45 AKJV The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. BSB BSB: Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
46 AKJV The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. BSB BSB: The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
47 AKJV It is God that avenges me, and subdues the people under me. BSB BSB: the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
48 AKJV He delivers me from my enemies: yes, you lift me up above those that rise up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man. BSB BSB: who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
49 AKJV Therefore will I give thanks to you, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises to your name. BSB BSB: Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
50 AKJV Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more. BSB BSB: Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
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