The LORD Is My Rock (2 Samuel 22:1–51)
1 DRA Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. I will love thee, 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 DRA The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support. 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 DRA Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall 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 DRA The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me. BSB BSB: The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
5 DRA The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me. BSB BSB: The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
6 DRA In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came 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 DRA The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them. BSB BSB: Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
8 DRA There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it. BSB BSB: Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
9 DRA He bowed the heavens, 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 DRA And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds. BSB BSB: He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
11 DRA And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air. BSB BSB: He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
12 DRA At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire. BSB BSB: From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced—hailstones and coals of fire.
13 DRA And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire. BSB BSB: The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire.
14 DRA And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them. BSB BSB: He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
15 DRA Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath. 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 DRA He sent from on high, and took me: and received 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 DRA He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that 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 DRA They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector. BSB BSB: They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
19 DRA And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me. BSB BSB: He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
20 DRA And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands: BSB BSB: The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
21 DRA Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God. BSB BSB: For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 DRA For till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me. BSB BSB: For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
23 DRA And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity. BSB BSB: And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
24 DRA And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes. BSB BSB: So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
25 DRA With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent. BSB BSB: To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
26 DRA And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted. BSB BSB: to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
27 DRA For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud. BSB BSB: For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
28 DRA For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness. BSB BSB: For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
29 DRA For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall. BSB BSB: For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
30 DRA As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all 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 DRA For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God? BSB BSB: For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
32 DRA God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless. BSB BSB: It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
33 DRA Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places. BSB BSB: He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
34 DRA Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow. BSB BSB: He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 DRA And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me. BSB BSB: You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
36 DRA Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened. BSB BSB: You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
37 DRA I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed. BSB BSB: I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
38 DRA I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet. BSB BSB: I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
39 DRA And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me. BSB BSB: You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
40 DRA And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me. BSB BSB: You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
41 DRA They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard 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 DRA And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like 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 DRA Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles. 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 DRA A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me. BSB BSB: When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
45 DRA The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths. BSB BSB: Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
46 DRA The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, 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 DRA O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies. BSB BSB: the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
48 DRA And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me. BSB BSB: who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
49 DRA Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name. BSB BSB: Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
50 DRA Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever. 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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