bible_study/Bible/2Samuel/2Sam 22.md

## David's Song of Deliverance 

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And David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 

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He said, "Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; 

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My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence. 

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I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies. 

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For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of vileness terrorized me; 

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The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. 

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In my distress I called upon Yahweh, And I called to my God; And out of His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help _came_ into His ears. 

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Then the earth shook and quaked; The foundations of heaven were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry. 

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Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. 

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He bowed the heavens and came down With thick darkness under His feet. 

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He rode on a cherub and flew; And He appeared upon the wings of the wind. 

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And He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 

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From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled. 

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Yahweh thundered from heaven, And the Most High gave forth His voice. 

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And He sent out arrows, and scattered them, Lightning, and threw them into confusion. 

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Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare By the rebuke of Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils. 

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He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. 

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He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. 

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They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But Yahweh was my support. 

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He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me. 

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Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. 

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For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God. 

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For all His judgments were before me, And _as for_ His statutes, I did not depart from them. 

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I was also blameless toward Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity. 

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Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes. 

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With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless; 

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With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute. 

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And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty _whom_ You bring down. 

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For You are my lamp, O Yahweh; And Yahweh illumines my darkness. 

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For by You I can run upon a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall. 

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As for God, His way is blameless; The word of Yahweh is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. 

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For who is God, but Yahweh? And who is a rock, but our God? 

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God is my strong fortress; And He sets the blameless in His way. 

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He makes my feet like hinds' _feet_, And sets me on my high places. 

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He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 

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You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your answer _to me_ makes me great. 

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You enlarge my steps under me, And my ankles have not given way. 

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I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed. 

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And I have consumed them and crushed them, so that they did not rise; And they fell under my feet. 

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For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. 

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You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me. 

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They looked, but there was none to save; _Even_ to Yahweh, but He did not answer them. 

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Then I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I pulverized _and_ stamped them as the mire of the streets. 

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You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me. 

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Foreigners cower before me; As soon as they hear, they obey me. 

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Foreigners fade away, And come trembling out of their fortresses. 

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Yahweh lives, and blessed be my rock; And let God, the rock of my salvation, be lifted high 

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The God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me, 

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Who also brings me out from my enemies; You even lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man. 

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Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh, among the nations, And I will sing praises to Your name. 

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_He_ gives great salvation to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his seed forever."