2 Samuel 22 — ENGLXXUP

22 Verse 1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul. ^{Verse 2} And the song was thus: ^{Verse 3} My God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: ^{Verse 4} I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, ^{Verse 5} For the troubles of death compassed me, ^{Verse 6} The pangs of death surrounded me, ^{Verse 7} When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, ^{Verse 8} And the earth was troubled and quaked, ^{Verse 9} There went up a smoke in his wrath, ^{Verse 10} And he bowed the heavens, and came down, ^{Verse 11} And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, ^{Verse 12} And he made darkness his hiding place; ^{Verse 13} At the brightness before him ^{Verse 14} The Lord thundered out of heaven, ^{Verse 15} And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, ^{Verse 16} And the channels of the sea were seen, ^{Verse 17} He sent from above and took me; ^{Verse 18} He delivered me from my strong enemies, ^{Verse 19} The days of my affliction prevented me; ^{Verse 20} And he brought me into a wide place, ^{Verse 21} And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; ^{Verse 22} Because I kept the ways of the Lord, ^{Verse 23} For all his judgments and his ordinances were before me: ^{Verse 24} And I shall be blameless before him, ^{Verse 25} And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, ^{Verse 26} With the holy thou wilt be holy, ^{Verse 27} And with the excellent thou wilt be excellent, ^{Verse 28} And thou wilt save the poor people, ^{Verse 29} For thou, Lord, art my lamp, ^{Verse 30} For by thee shall I run as a girded man, ^{Verse 31} As for the Mighty One, his way is blameless: ^{Verse 32} Who is strong, but the Lord? ^{Verse 33} It is the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, ^{Verse 34} He makes my feet like harts’ feet, ^{Verse 35} He teaches my hands to war, ^{Verse 36} And thou hast given me the shield of my salvation, ^{Verse 37} So as to make room under me for my going, ^{Verse 38} I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; ^{Verse 39} And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; ^{Verse 40} And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; ^{Verse 41} And thou hast caused mine enemies to flee before me, ^{Verse 42} They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; ^{Verse 43} And I ground them as the dust of the earth, ^{Verse 44} And thou shalt deliver me from the striving of the peoples, ^{Verse 45} The strange children feigned obedience to me; ^{Verse 46} The strange children shall be cast away, ^{Verse 47} The Lord lives, and blessed be my guardian, ^{Verse 48} The Lord who avenges me is strong, ^{Verse 49} And bringing me out from my enemies: ^{Verse 50} Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, ^{Verse 51} He magnifies the salvation of his king,