2 Samuel 22:1–51

¹ And David 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. ² He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. ³ My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence. ⁴ I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. ⁵ For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. ⁶ The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. ⁷ In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears. ⁸ Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. ⁹ Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth. ¹⁰ He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. ¹¹ He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. ¹² He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds. ¹³ From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth. ¹⁴ The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. ¹⁵ He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. ¹⁶ The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils. ¹⁷ He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters. ¹⁸ He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me. ¹⁹ They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support. ²⁰ He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me. ²¹ The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. ²² For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. ²³ For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes. ²⁴ And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity. ²⁵ So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight. ²⁶ To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless; ²⁷ to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd. ²⁸ You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. ²⁹ For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness. ³⁰ For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall. ³¹ …