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          DASV: 2 Samuel 22    

1 David sang to the LORD the words of this song in the day
that the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies,
and out of the hand of Saul.
2 He said,
     "The LORD is my rock,
            my fortress and my deliverer,
3      God, is my rock, in him will I take refuge,
            my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
     my high tower, my refuge and my saviour.
            You save me from violence.
4      I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
            and I am saved from my enemies.

5      The waves of death encompassed me,
            the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
6      The ropes of Sheol tightened down on me,
            the snares of death confronted me.
7      In my distress I called on the LORD,
            I called to my God.
     From his temple he heard my voice,
            and my cry came to his ears.

8      Then the earth quaked and trembled,
           the foundations of heaven shook
                 they quaked because he was angry.
9      Smoke went out of his nostrils,
           and devouring fire from his mouth
                  burning coals flamed out from him.
10       He split the heavens and came down;
                 thick darkness was under his feet.
11      He mounted a cherub and flew,
                  gliding on the wings of the wind.
12       He made darkness around him his canopy,
                  in thick rain clouds of the sky.
13      Out of the brightness before him,
                  coals of fire flamed forth.
14      The LORD thundered from heaven,
                 the voice of Most High reverberated.
15       He shot arrows and scattered them,
                 lightning, and routed them.
16      Then the depths of the sea appeared,
                 the foundations of the world were laid bare,
     by the rebuke of the LORD,
                by the blast of the breath from his nostrils.

17      He reached down from on high, he took me;
           he drew me out of a deluge of waters.
18      He rescued me from my strong enemy,
            from those who hated me;
                  for they were too mighty for me.
19      They attacked me in the day of my calamity;
                 but the LORD was my support.
20      He brought me out into a large open place;
                 he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

21      The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness;
                  according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
22       For I have kept the ways of the LORD,
                 and have not wickedly turned from my God.
23      For all his regulations were before me;
                 from his decrees, I have not turned aside.
24      I was blameless before him,
                 I have kept myself from sin.
25      Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
                 according to my cleanness in his sight.

26      To the loyal you show yourself loyal,
            to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
27      to the pure you show yourself pure,
            and to the crooked you show yourself perverse.
28      You rescue the humble,
            but your eyes are on the arrogant, to bring them down.
29      For you are my lamp, O LORD,
            The LORD lights up my darkness.
30      With your strength I can charge an army,
            with my God I can leap over a wall.

31       As for God, his way is perfect,
            the word of the LORD proves true,
     he is a shield to all them who take refuge in him.
32      For who is God, but the LORD alone?
            Who is a rock, except our God?
33      God is my strong fortress,
            he makes my way perfect.
34      He makes my feet as surefooted as a deer,
            he sets me secure on mountain tops.
35      He trains my hands for war,
            so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36      You have also given me the shield of your salvation,
            your support has made me great.
37      You have widened the path for my steps under me,
            and my feet have not slipped.

38      I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them,
            and I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39      I have consumed them and struck them down,
            so that they could not get up,
                  they fell under my feet.
40      You have clothed me with strength for the battle,
            those who rose against me you subdued under me.
41      You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me in retreat,
            I have destroyed those who hated me.
42      They looked for help, but no one came to save them;
            they cried to the LORD, but even he did not answer them.
43      Then I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth,
            I crushed and stomped them like mud in the streets.
44      You also have rescued me from the strife with the peoples;
            you have preserved me as head of the nations.
                  A people whom I have not known will serve me.
45      The foreigners will submit themselves to me,
            as soon as they hear about me, they obey me.
46      Foreigners lose their heart,
            they come trembling out of their strongholds.

47      The LORD lives; blessed be my rock;
            May God be exalted, the rock of my salvation,
48      He is the God who avenges me,
            he brings down peoples under me,
49      He delivers me from my enemies,
            you lift me up above those who rise up against me,
                  you save me from the violent man.

50      Therefore I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the nations,
            I will sing praises to your name.
51      He gives great victories to his king,
            he displays steadfast love to his anointed,
                  to David and to his descendants forever."

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