2Samuel:22

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* And David spoke to LORD the words of this song in the day that LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies , and out of the hand of Saul : * And he said , LORD is my rock , and my fortress , and my deliverer , even mine . * God , my rock , in him I will take refuge , my shield , and the horn of my salvation , my high tower , and my refuge , my savior . Thou save me from violence . * I will call upon LORD , who is worthy to be praised . So I shall be saved from my enemies . * For the waves of death encompassed me . The floods of ungodliness made me afraid . * The cords of Sheol were round about me . The snares of death came upon me . * In my distress I called upon LORD . Yea , I called to my God . And he heard my voice out of his temple , and my cry [came ] into his ears . * Then the earth shook and trembled , the foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken , because he was angry . * There went up a smoke out of his nostrils , and fire out of his mouth devoured . Coals were kindled by it . * He bowed the heavens also , and came down , and thick darkness was under his feet . * And he rode upon a cherub , and flew . Yea , he was seen upon the wings of the wind . * And he made darkness pavilions round about him , gathering of waters , thick clouds of the skies . * At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled . * LORD thundered from heaven , and the Most High uttered his voice . * And he sent out arrows , and scattered them , lightning , and discomfited them . * Then the channels of the sea appeared . The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of LORD , at the blast of the breath of his nostrils . * He sent from on high , he took me . He drew me out of many waters . * He delivered me from my strong enemy , from those who hated me , for they were too mighty for me . * They came upon me in the day of my calamity , but LORD was my support . * He brought me forth also into a large place . He delivered me , because he delighted in me . * LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness . According to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me . * For I have kept the ways of LORD , and have not wickedly departed from my God . * For all his ordinances were before me . And as for his statutes , I did not depart from them . * I was also perfect toward him , and I kept myself from my iniquity . * Therefore LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness , according to my cleanness in his eyesight . * With the merciful thou will show thyself merciful . With the perfect man thou will show thyself perfect . * With the pure thou will show thyself pure . And with the perverse thou will show thyself contrary . * And the afflicted people thou will save , but thine eyes are upon the haughty , that thou may bring them down . * For thou are my lamp , O LORD . And LORD will lighten my darkness . * For by thee I run upon a troop . By my God do I leap over a wall . * As for God , his way is perfect . The word of LORD is tried . He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him . * For who is God , except LORD ? And who is a rock , except our God ? * God is my strong fortress , and he guides the perfect in his way . * He makes his feet like hinds ' [feet ], and sets me upon my high places . * He teaches my hands to war , so that my arms bend a bow of brass . * Thou have also given me the shield of thy salvation , and thy gentleness has made me great . * Thou have enlarged my steps under me , and my feet have not slipped . * I have pursued my enemies , and destroyed them , neither did I turn again till they were consumed . * And I have consumed them , and smitten them through , so that they cannot arise . Yea , they are fallen under my feet . * For thou have girded me with strength to the battle . Thou have subdued under me those who rose up against me . * Thou have also made my enemies turn their backs to me that I might cut off those who hate me . * They looked , but there was none to save ; even to LORD , but he did not answer them . * Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth . I crushed them as the mire of the streets , and spread them abroad . * Thou have also delivered me from the strivings of my people . Thou have kept me to be the head of the nations . A people whom I have not known shall serve me . * The foreigners shall submit themselves to me . As soon as they hear of me , they shall obey me . * The foreigners shall fade away , and shall come trembling out of their hiding places . * LORD lives . And blessed be my rock . And exalted be God , the rock of my salvation , * Even the God who executes vengeance for me , and who brings down peoples under me , * and who brings me forth from my enemies . Yea , thou lift me up above those who rise up against me . Thou deliver me from the violent man . * Therefore I will give thanks to thee , O LORD , among gentiles , and will sing praises to thy name . * He gives great deliverance to his king , and shows loving kindness to his anointed , to David and to his seed , for evermore .

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