2 Samuel 22
David's Song of
Deliverance |
Ps. 18.1--0.1 |
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And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song, in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of
all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
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and he said,
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The LORD is my rock, and
my fortress, and my
deliverer; |
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the God of my rock; in him will I
trust:
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he is my shield, and the horn of my
salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, |
my saviour; thou savest me from
violence. |
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I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:
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so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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When the waves of death compassed me,
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the floods of ungodly men made me
afraid; |
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the sorrows of hell compassed me
about;
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the snares of death prevented
me. |
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In my distress I called upon the LORD,
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and cried to my God: |
and he did hear my voice out of his temple, |
and my cry did enter into his ears.
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Then the earth shook and trembled;
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the foundations of heaven moved |
and shook, because he was
wroth. |
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There went up a smoke out of his
nostrils,
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and fire out of his mouth devoured: |
coals were kindled by
it. |
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He bowed the heavens also, and came
down;
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and darkness was under his
feet. |
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And he rode upon a cherub, and did
fly:
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and he was seen upon the wings of the
wind. |
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And he made darkness pavilions round
about him,
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dark waters, and thick clouds of the
skies. |
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Through the brightness before him
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were coals of fire
kindled. |
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The LORD thundered
from heaven,
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and the Most High uttered his
voice. |
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And he sent out arrows, and scattered
them;
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lightning, and discomfited
them. |
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And the channels of the sea appeared,
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the foundations of the world were discovered, |
at the rebuking of the LORD, |
at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
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He sent from above, he took me;
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he drew me out of many
waters: |
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he delivered me from my strong enemy,
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and from them that hated me: |
for they were too strong for
me. |
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They prevented me in the day of my
calamity:
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but the LORD was my
stay. |
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He brought me forth also into a large
place:
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he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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The LORD rewarded me
according to my righteousness;
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according to the cleanness of my hands hath he
recompensed
me. |
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For I have kept the ways of the LORD,
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and have not wickedly departed from my
God. |
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For all his judgments were before
me:
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and as for his statutes, I did not depart
from them. |
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I was also upright before him,
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and have kept myself from mine
iniquity. |
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Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness;
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according to my cleanness in his eyesight.
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With the merciful thou wilt show thyself
merciful,
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and with the upright man thou wilt show
thyself
upright. |
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With the pure thou wilt show thyself
pure;
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and with the froward thou wilt show thyself
unsavory. |
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And the afflicted people thou wilt
save:
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but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. |
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For thou art my lamp, O LORD:
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and the LORD will lighten my
darkness. |
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For by thee I have run through a
troop:
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by my God have I leaped over a
wall. |
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As for God, his way is perfect;
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the word of the LORD is tried: |
he is a buckler to all them that trust in
him.
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For who is God, save the LORD?
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and who is a rock, save our
God? |
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God is my strength and power;
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and he maketh my way
perfect. |
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He maketh my feet like hinds' feet; Hab.
3.19
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and setteth me upon my high
places. |
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He teacheth my hands to war;
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so that a bow of steel is broken by mine
arms. |
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Thou hast also given me the shield of thy
salvation:
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and thy gentleness hath made me
great. |
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Thou hast enlarged my steps under me;
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so that my feet did not
slip. |
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I have pursued mine enemies, and
destroyed them;
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and turned not again until I had consumed
them. |
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And I have consumed them, and wounded
them, that they could not arise:
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yea, they are fallen under my
feet. |
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For thou hast girded me with strength to
battle:
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them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under
me. |
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Thou hast also given me the necks of mine
enemies,
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that I might destroy them that hate
me. |
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They looked, but there was none to
save;
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even unto the LORD, but
he answered them
not. |
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Then did I beat them as small as the dust
of the earth:
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I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
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Thou also hast delivered me from the
strivings of my people,
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thou hast kept me to be head of the
heathen: |
a people which I knew not shall serve
me. |
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Strangers shall submit themselves unto
me:
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as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto
me. |
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Strangers shall fade away,
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and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
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The LORD liveth; and
blessed be my rock;
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and exalted be the God of the rock of my
salvation. |
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It is God that avengeth me,
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and that bringeth down the people under
me, |
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and that bringeth me forth from mine
enemies:
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thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that
rose up against me: |
thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
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Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O
LORD, among the heathen,
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and I will sing praises unto thy name. Rom.
15.9 |
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He is the tower of salvation for
his king:
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and showeth mercy to his anointed, |
unto David, and to his seed for
evermore. |
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