2 Samuel · Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
2 Samuel 22 Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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1 And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul:
1 David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,
2 And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
2 and he said: “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my preserver; thou savest me from violence.
3 God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.
4 I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.
4 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly-men made me afraid;
5 For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
6 The sorrows of hell encompassed me; the snares of death seized me;
6 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry [entered] into his ears.
7 In my distress, I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled: the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
9 Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and flew: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
11 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind.
12 And he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.
12 He made darkness a shelter around himself, gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
13 At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
14 Yahweh thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
15 He sent out arrows and scattered them, lightning and confused them.
16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were laid open, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
16 Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by Yahweh’s rebuke, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
17 He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19 They fell upon me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my support.
19 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.
20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 He also brought me out into a large 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 hath he recompensed me.
21 Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For I have kept Yahweh’s ways, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments [were] before me: and [as for] his statutes, I did not depart from them.
23 For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I didn’t depart from them.
24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.
24 I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye-sight.
25 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
26 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, [and] with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright.
26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.
27 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.
27 With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thy eyes [are] upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down.
28 You will save the afflicted people, but your eyes are on the arrogant, that you may bring them down.
29 For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
29 For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.
30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30 For by you, I run against a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
31 [As for] God, his way [is] perfect; the word of the LORD [is] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him.
31 As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
32 For who [is] God, save the LORD? and who [is] a rock, save our God?
32 For who is God, besides Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God?
33 God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect.
33 God is my strong fortress. He makes my way perfect.
34 He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet] : and setteth me upon my high places.
34 He makes his feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places.
35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
35 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
36 You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your gentleness has made me great.
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet have not slipped.
37 You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped.
38 I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
38 I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them. I didn’t turn again until they were consumed.
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they have fallen under my feet.
39 I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they can’t arise. Yes, they have fallen under my feet.
40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
40 For you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
41 Thou hast also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
41 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
42 They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] to the LORD, but he answered them not.
42 They looked, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.
43 Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them as the mire of the street, [and] spread them abroad.
43 Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a people [which] I knew not shall serve me.
44 You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.
45 Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me.
45 The foreigners will submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me.
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall tremble from their close places.
46 The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.
47 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
47 Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
48 It [is] God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
48 even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down peoples under me,
49 And that bringeth me forth from my enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
49 who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
50 Therefore I will give thanks to thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises to thy name.
50 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
51 [He is] the tower of salvation for his king: and [he] showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
51 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.”
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David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Cross references (51)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 15:1; Judges 5:1; Isaiah 12:1–6; Psalm 103:1–6; Revelation 7:9–17
- 2 Psalm 18:2–50; Psalm 31:3; Psalm 71:3; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 91:2
- 3 Psalm 9:9; Proverbs 18:10; Isaiah 12:2; Genesis 15:1; Psalm 18:2
- 4 Psalm 18:3; Romans 10:13; Psalm 116:2; Revelation 5:12; Psalm 116:4
- 5 Jonah 2:3; Psalm 69:14–15; Revelation 17:15; Revelation 12:15–16; Psalm 93:3–4
- 6 Psalm 116:3; Proverbs 14:27; Job 36:8; Proverbs 13:14; Jonah 2:2
- 7 Psalm 18:6; Jonah 2:7; Psalm 116:4; Exodus 3:7; Psalm 120:1
- 8 Job 26:11; Psalm 97:4; Psalm 77:18; Judges 5:4; Matthew 28:2
- 9 Hebrews 12:29; Psalm 18:15; Job 41:20–21; Jeremiah 15:14; Exodus 24:17
- 10 1 Kings 8:12; Psalm 97:2; Psalm 144:5; Exodus 20:21; Psalm 104:3
- 11 Psalm 104:3; Genesis 3:24; Psalm 18:10; Hebrews 1:14; Psalm 80:1
- 12 Psalm 18:11–12; 2 Samuel 22:10; Job 36:29; Psalm 97:2; Psalm 27:5
- 13 2 Samuel 22:9
- 14 1 Samuel 2:10; Job 37:2–5; Psalm 29:3–9; 1 Samuel 12:17–18; 1 Samuel 7:10
- 15 Deuteronomy 32:23; Joshua 10:10; Psalm 7:12–13; Habakkuk 3:11; Psalm 144:6–7
- 16 Nahum 1:4; Exodus 15:8–10; Psalm 114:3–7; Habakkuk 3:8–10; Psalm 106:9
- 17 Isaiah 43:2; Psalm 144:7; Psalm 18:16; Psalm 130:1; Psalm 32:6
- 18 2 Timothy 4:17; 2 Samuel 22:1; Psalm 3:7; 2 Corinthians 1:10; Psalm 56:9
- 19 Psalm 71:20–21; Psalm 118:10–13; Psalm 23:4; 1 Samuel 23:26–27; 1 Samuel 19:11–17
- 20 Psalm 31:8; 2 Samuel 15:26; Psalm 118:5; Psalm 149:4; Psalm 22:8
- 21 Psalm 24:4; 1 Samuel 26:23; Psalm 7:8; 1 Kings 8:32; James 4:8
- 22 Proverbs 8:32; Genesis 18:19; Psalm 128:1; Psalm 119:1; Psalm 36:3
- 23 Psalm 119:102; Psalm 119:30; John 15:14; Deuteronomy 7:12; Psalm 119:6
- 24 Genesis 6:9; Job 1:1; Genesis 17:1; Ephesians 1:4; Hebrews 12:1
- 25 2 Samuel 22:21; Romans 2:7–8; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Isaiah 3:10; Proverbs 5:21
- 26 Matthew 5:7; James 2:13
- 27 Matthew 5:8; Psalm 18:26; Leviticus 26:23–28; Isaiah 45:9; Psalm 125:5
- 28 Psalm 72:12–13; Isaiah 5:15; James 4:6–7; Job 40:11–12; Isaiah 2:17
- 29 Psalm 27:1; John 8:12; Revelation 21:23; Job 29:3; John 12:46
- 30 Psalm 18:29; Philippians 4:13; Psalm 118:10–12; Romans 8:37
- 31 Deuteronomy 32:4; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 18:30; Psalm 12:6; Matthew 5:48
- 32 1 Samuel 2:2; Deuteronomy 32:31; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 44:8; Isaiah 45:5–6
- 33 Ephesians 6:10; Psalm 27:1; Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 28:7–8; Philippians 4:13
- 34 Isaiah 58:14; Deuteronomy 32:13; Habakkuk 3:19; 2 Samuel 2:18; Isaiah 33:16
- 35 Psalm 144:1; Psalm 18:33–34; Ezekiel 39:9–10; Ezekiel 39:3; Psalm 46:9
- 36 Ephesians 6:16; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 115:14; Psalm 18:35; Genesis 22:17
- 37 Psalm 17:5; Proverbs 4:12; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 121:3; Psalm 18:36
- 38 Psalm 21:8–9; 2 Samuel 5:18–25; 2 Samuel 10:14; 2 Samuel 8:1–2; Romans 8:37
- 39 Malachi 4:3; Psalm 18:37; Psalm 118:10–12; Psalm 110:5–6; Malachi 4:1
- 40 Psalm 44:5; Isaiah 60:14; Colossians 1:11; Psalm 18:32; Psalm 18:39
- 41 Exodus 23:27; Joshua 10:24; Luke 19:14; Luke 19:27; 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9
- 42 Isaiah 1:15; 1 Samuel 28:6; Micah 3:4; Proverbs 1:28; Ezekiel 20:3
- 43 Micah 7:10; Isaiah 10:6; 2 Kings 13:7; Zechariah 10:5; Deuteronomy 32:26
- 44 2 Samuel 8:1–14; Isaiah 55:5; 2 Samuel 3:1; Deuteronomy 28:13; 2 Samuel 19:14
- 45 Psalm 81:15; Psalm 66:3; Deuteronomy 33:29; Isaiah 56:6; Acts 8:21–23
- 46 Micah 7:17; Amos 9:3; Isaiah 64:6; Isaiah 2:19; James 1:11
- 47 Psalm 89:26; 2 Samuel 22:3; Job 19:25; Deuteronomy 32:39–40; Luke 1:47
- 48 Psalm 94:1; Psalm 144:2; Psalm 110:1; 2 Samuel 18:19; 1 Samuel 25:30
- 49 Psalm 140:1; Psalm 18:48; Numbers 24:17–19; Psalm 52:1; 2 Samuel 7:8–9
- 50 Romans 15:9; Isaiah 12:1–6; Psalm 145:1–2; Psalm 146:1–2; Psalm 18:49
- 51 Psalm 89:29; Psalm 18:50; Psalm 89:20; 2 Samuel 7:12–13; Psalm 144:10
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