2 Samuel 22:1-51 CSB

[1] David spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from the grasp of all his enemies and from the grasp of Saul. [2] He said: The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, [3] my God, my rock where I seek refuge. My shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, you save me from violence. [4] I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I was saved from my enemies. [5] For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of destruction terrified me. [6] The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. [7] I called to the LORD in my distress; I called to my God. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry for help reached his ears. [8] Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they shook because he burned with anger. [9] Smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire came from his mouth; coals were set ablaze by it. [10] He bent the heavens and came down, total darkness beneath his feet. [11] He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind. [12] He made darkness a canopy around him, a gathering of water and thick clouds. [13] From the radiance of his presence, blazing coals were ignited. [14] The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High made his voice heard. [15] He shot arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them. [16] The depths of the sea became visible, the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. [17] He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he pulled me out of deep water. [18] He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. [19] They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support. [20] He brought me out to a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me. [21] The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; he repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. [22] For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not turned from my God to wickedness. [23] Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me and have not disregarded his statutes. [24] I was blameless before him and kept myself from my iniquity. [25] So the LORD repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight. [26] With the faithful you prove yourself faithful, with the blameless you prove yourself blameless, [27] with the pure you prove yourself pure, but with the crooked you prove yourself shrewd. [28] You rescue an oppressed people, but your eyes are set against the proud- you humble them. [29] LORD, you are my lamp; the LORD illuminates my darkness. [30] With you I can attack a barricade, and with my God I can leap over a wall. [31] God-his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is pure. He is a shield to all who take refuge in him. [32] For who is God besides the LORD? And who is a rock? Only our God. [33] God is my strong refuge; he makes my way perfect. [34] He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and sets me securely on the heights. [35] He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. [36] You have given me the shield of your salvation; your help exalts me. [37] You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way. [38] I pursue my enemies and destroy them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out. [39] I wipe them out and crush them, and they do not rise; they fall beneath my feet. [40] You have clothed me with strength for battle; you subdue my adversaries beneath me. [41] You have made my enemies retreat before me; I annihilate those who hate me. [42] They look, but there is no one to save them- they look to the LORD, but he does not answer them. [43] I pulverize them like dust of the earth; I crush them and trample them like mud in the streets. [44] You have freed me from the feuds among my people; you have preserved me as head of nations; a people I had not known serve me. [45] Foreigners submit to me cringing; as soon as they hear, they obey me. [46] Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications. [47] The LORD lives-blessed be my rock! God, the rock of my salvation, is exalted. [48] God-he grants me vengeance and casts down peoples under me. [49] He frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my adversaries; you rescue me from violent men. [50] Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises about your name. [51] He is a tower of salvation for his king; he shows loyalty to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.