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David’s Psalm of Deliverance
AAnd David spoke Bthe words of this song to the Loʀᴅ in the day that the Loʀᴅ delivered him from the 1hand of all his enemies and from the 1hand of Saul. He said,
AThe Loʀᴅ is my 1rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
1AMy God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
My Bshield and Cthe horn of my salvation, my stronghold and Dmy refuge;
My savior, You save me from violence.
“I call upon the Loʀᴅ, Awho is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.
“For Athe waves of death encompassed me;
BThe torrents of 1destruction 2overwhelmed me;
AThe cords of 1Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
AIn my distress I called upon the Loʀᴅ,
Yes, I 1cried to my God;
And from His temple He heard my voice,
And my cry for help came into His ears.
“Then Athe earth shook and quaked,
BThe foundations of heaven were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
Smoke went up 1out of His nostrils,
AFire from His mouth devoured;
BCoals were kindled by it.
10 “He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With Athick darkness under His feet.
11 AAnd He rode on a cherub and flew;
And He 1appeared on Bthe wings of the wind.
12 AAnd He made darkness 1canopies around Him,
A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.
13 “From the brightness before Him
ACoals of fire were kindled.
14 AThe Loʀᴅ thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice.
15 AAnd He sent out arrows, and scattered them,
Lightning, and 1routed them.
16 “Then the channels of the sea appeared,
The foundations of the world were 1laid bare
By the rebuke of the Loʀᴅ,
AAt the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
17 AHe sent from on high, He took me;
BHe drew me out of many waters.
18 “He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
19 “They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
ABut the Loʀᴅ was my support.
20 AHe also brought me forth into a broad place;
He rescued me, Bbecause He delighted in me.
21 AThe Loʀᴅ has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
BAccording to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
22 AFor I have kept the ways of the Loʀᴅ,
And have not acted wickedly against my God.
23 AFor all His ordinances were before me,
And as for His statutes, I did not depart from 1them.
24 AI was also 1blameless toward Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 ATherefore the Loʀᴅ has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness before His eyes.
26 AWith the 1kind You show Yourself 1kind,
With the 2blameless You show Yourself 2blameless;
27  AWith the pure You show Yourself pure,
BAnd with the perverted You show Yourself 1astute.
28 AAnd You save an afflicted people;
BBut Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.
29 AFor You are my lamp, O Loʀᴅ;
And the Loʀᴅ illumines my darkness.
30 AFor by You I can 1run upon a troop;
By my God I can leap over a wall.
31 AAs for God, His way is 1blameless;
BThe word of the Loʀᴅ is tested;
CHe is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
32 AFor who is God, besides the Loʀᴅ?
BAnd who is a rock, besides our God?
33 AGod is my strong fortress;
And He 1sets the 2blameless in 3His way.
34 AHe makes 1my feet like hinds’ feet,
BAnd sets me on my high places.
35 AHe trains my hands for battle,
BSo that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36 “You have also given me Athe shield of Your salvation,
And Your 1help makes me great.
37 AYou enlarge my steps under me,
And my 1feet have not slipped.
38 “I pursued my enemies and Adestroyed them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 “And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;
And Athey fell under my feet.
40 “For You have girded me with strength for battle;
You have 1subdued under me Athose who rose up against me.
41 “You have also Amade my enemies turn their backs to me,
And I 1destroyed those who hated me.
42 AThey looked, but there was none to save;
BEven to the Loʀᴅ, but He did not answer them.
43 AThen I pulverized them as the dust of the earth;
BI crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.
44 AYou have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;
BYou have kept me as head of the nations;
CA people whom I have not known serve me.
45 AForeigners pretend obedience to me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
46 Foreigners 1lose heart,
AAnd 2come trembling out of their 3fortresses.
47 “The Loʀᴅ lives, and blessed be my rock;
And exalted be 1AGod, the rock of my salvation,
48  AThe God who executes vengeance for me,
BAnd brings down peoples under me,
49 Who also brings me out from my enemies;
You even lift me above Athose who rise up against me;
BYou rescue me from the violent man.
50 ATherefore I will give thanks to You, O Loʀᴅ, among the nations,
And I will sing praises to Your name.
51 AHe is a tower of 1deliverance to His king,
And Bshows lovingkindness to His anointed,
CTo David and his 2descendants forever.”
A 22:1 Ps 18:2-50 B 22:1 Ex 15:1; Deut 31:30 1 22:1 Lit palm 1 22:1 Lit palm A 22:2 1 Sam 23:25; 24:2; Ps 31:3; 71:3 1 22:2 Lit crag 1 22:3 Lit God of my rock A 22:3 Deut 32:4, 37; 1 Sam 2:2 B 22:3 Gen 15:1; Deut 33:29 C 22:3 Luke 1:69 D 22:3 Ps 9:9 A 22:4 Ps 48:1; 96:4 A 22:5 Ps 93:4; Jon 2:3 B 22:5 Ps 69:14, 15 1 22:5 Heb Belial 2 22:5 Or terrified A 22:6 Ps 116:3 1 22:6 I.e. the nether world A 22:7 Ps 116:4; 120:1 1 22:7 Or called A 22:8 Judg 5:4; Ps 97:4 B 22:8 Job 26:11 1 22:9 Or in His wrath A 22:9 Ps 97:3; Heb 12:29 B 22:9 2 Sam 22:13 A 22:10 Ex 19:16; 1 Kin 8:12; Ps 97:2; Nah 1:3 A 22:11 2 Sam 6:2 1 22:11 Many mss read sped B 22:11 Ps 104:3 A 22:12 Job 36:29 1 22:12 Or pavilions A 22:13 2 Sam 22:9 A 22:14 Job 37:2-5; Ps 29:3 A 22:15 Deut 32:23; Josh 10:10; 1 Sam 7:10 1 22:15 Lit confused 1 22:16 Or uncovered A 22:16 Ex 15:8; Nah 1:4 A 22:17 Ps 144:7 B 22:17 Ex 2:10 A 22:19 Ps 23:4 A 22:20 Ps 31:8; 118:5 B 22:20 2 Sam 15:26 A 22:21 1 Sam 26:23; 1 Kin 8:32 B 22:21 Ps 24:4 A 22:22 Gen 18:19; Ps 128:1; Prov 8:32 A 22:23 Deut 6:6-9; Ps 119:30, 102 1 22:23 Lit it A 22:24 Gen 6:9; 7:1; Eph 1:4; Col 1:21, 22 1 22:24 Lit complete; or having integrity A 22:25 2 Sam 22:21 A 22:26 Matt 5:7 1 22:26 Or loyal 1 22:26 Or loyal 2 22:26 Lit complete; or having integrity 2 22:26 Lit complete; or having integrity A 22:27 Matt 5:8; 1 John 3:3 B 22:27 Lev 26:23, 24; Rom 1:28 1 22:27 Lit twisted A 22:28 Ex 3:7, 8; Ps 72:12, 13 B 22:28 Is 2:11, 12, 17; 5:15 A 22:29 2 Sam 21:17; 1 Kin 11:36; Ps 27:1 A 22:30 2 Sam 5:6-8 1 22:30 Or crush a troop A 22:31 Deut 32:4; Matt 5:48 1 22:31 Lit complete; or having integrity B 22:31 Ps 12:6; 119:140; Prov 30:5 C 22:31 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 84:9 A 22:32 1 Sam 2:2 B 22:32 2 Sam 22:2 A 22:33 2 Sam 22:2; Ps 31:3, 4 1 22:33 Or sets free 2 22:33 Lit complete; or having integrity 3 22:33 Another reading is my A 22:34 2 Sam 2:18; Hab 3:19 1 22:34 Another reading is His B 22:34 Deut 32:13 A 22:35 Ps 144:1 B 22:35 Job 20:24 A 22:36 Eph 6:16, 17 1 22:36 Lit answering A 22:37 2 Sam 22:20; Prov 4:12 1 22:37 Lit ankles A 22:38 Ex 15:9 A 22:39 Mal 4:3 1 22:40 Lit caused to bow down A 22:40 Ps 44:5 A 22:41 Ex 23:27; Josh 10:24 1 22:41 Or silenced A 22:42 Is 17:7, 8 B 22:42 1 Sam 28:6; Is 1:15 A 22:43 2 Kin 13:7 B 22:43 Is 10:6; Mic 7:10 A 22:44 2 Sam 3:1; 19:9, 14 B 22:44 2 Sam 8:1-14 C 22:44 Is 55:5 A 22:45 Ps 66:3; 81:15 1 22:46 Lit languish A 22:46 1 Sam 14:11; Mic 7:17 2 22:46 Lit gird themselves 3 22:46 Lit fastnesses 1 22:47 Lit the God of the rock A 22:47 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 89:26 A 22:48 1 Sam 24:12; 25:39; 2 Sam 4:8; Ps 94:1 B 22:48 Ps 144:2 A 22:49 Ps 44:5 B 22:49 Ps 140:1, 4, 11 A 22:50 Rom 15:9 A 22:51 Ps 144:10 1 22:51 I.e. victories; lit salvation B 22:51 Ps 89:24 C 22:51 2 Sam 7:12-16 2 22:51 Lit seed