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David’s Psalm of Deliverance
1 APs 18:2-50And David spoke BEx 15:1; Deut 31:30the words of this song to the Loʀᴅ in the day that the Loʀᴅ delivered him from the 1Lit palmhand of all his enemies and from the 1Lit palmhand of Saul. 2 He said,
“A1 Sam 23:25; 24:2; Ps 31:3; 71:3The Loʀᴅ is my 1Lit cragrock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My BGen 15:1; Deut 33:29shield and CLuke 1:69the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and DPs 9:9my refuge;
My savior, You save me from violence.
4 “I call upon the Loʀᴅ, APs 48:1; 96:4who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.
5 “For APs 93:4; Jon 2:3the waves of death encompassed me;
The snares of death confronted me.
7 “APs 116:4; 120:1In my distress I called upon the Loʀᴅ,
Yes, I 1Or calledcried to my God;
And from His temple He heard my voice,
And my cry for help came into His ears.
8 “Then AJudg 5:4; Ps 97:4the earth shook and quaked,
BJob 26:11The foundations of heaven were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
9 “Smoke went up 1Or in His wrathout of His nostrils,
APs 97:3; Heb 12:29Fire from His mouth devoured;
B2 Sam 22:13Coals were kindled by it.
10 “He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With AEx 19:16; 1 Kin 8:12; Ps 97:2; Nah 1:3thick darkness under His feet.
11 “A2 Sam 6:2And He rode on a cherub and flew;
And He 1Many mss read spedappeared on BPs 104:3the wings of the wind.
A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.
13 “From the brightness before Him
A2 Sam 22:9Coals of fire were kindled.
14 “AJob 37:2-5; Ps 29:3The Loʀᴅ thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice.
15 “ADeut 32:23; Josh 10:10; 1 Sam 7:10And He sent out arrows, and scattered them,
Lightning, and 1Lit confusedrouted them.
16 “Then the channels of the sea appeared,
The foundations of the world were 1Or uncoveredlaid bare
By the rebuke of the Loʀᴅ,
AEx 15:8; Nah 1:4At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
17 “APs 144:7He sent from on high, He took me;
BEx 2:10He drew me out of many waters.
18 “He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
19 “They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
APs 23:4But the Loʀᴅ was my support.
20 “APs 31:8; 118:5He also brought me forth into a broad place;
He rescued me, B2 Sam 15:26because He delighted in me.
21 “A1 Sam 26:23; 1 Kin 8:32The Loʀᴅ has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
BPs 24:4According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
22 “AGen 18:19; Ps 128:1; Prov 8:32For I have kept the ways of the Loʀᴅ,
And have not acted wickedly against my God.
And as for His statutes, I did not depart from 1Lit itthem.
24 “AGen 6:9; 7:1; Eph 1:4; Col 1:21, 22I was also 1Lit complete; or having integrityblameless toward Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 “A2 Sam 22:21Therefore the Loʀᴅ has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness before His eyes.
With the 2Lit complete; or having integrityblameless You show Yourself 2Lit complete; or having integrityblameless;
27 AMatt 5:8; 1 John 3:3With the pure You show Yourself pure,
BLev 26:23, 24; Rom 1:28And with the perverted You show Yourself 1Lit twistedastute.
28 “AEx 3:7, 8; Ps 72:12, 13And You save an afflicted people;
BIs 2:11, 12, 17; 5:15But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.
29 “A2 Sam 21:17; 1 Kin 11:36; Ps 27:1For You are my lamp, O Loʀᴅ;
And the Loʀᴅ illumines my darkness.
By my God I can leap over a wall.
BPs 12:6; 119:140; Prov 30:5The word of the Loʀᴅ is tested;
C2 Sam 22:3; Ps 84:9He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
32 “A1 Sam 2:2For who is God, besides the Loʀᴅ?
B2 Sam 22:2And who is a rock, besides our God?
33 “A2 Sam 22:2; Ps 31:3, 4God is my strong fortress;
And He 1Or sets freesets the 2Lit complete; or having integrityblameless in 3Another reading is myHis way.
BDeut 32:13And sets me on my high places.
35 “APs 144:1He trains my hands for battle,
BJob 20:24So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36 “You have also given me AEph 6:16, 17the shield of Your salvation,
And Your 1Lit answeringhelp makes me great.
37 “A2 Sam 22:20; Prov 4:12You enlarge my steps under me,
And my 1Lit anklesfeet have not slipped.
38 “I pursued my enemies and AEx 15:9destroyed them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 “And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;
And AMal 4:3they fell under my feet.
40 “For You have girded me with strength for battle;
You have 1Lit caused to bow downsubdued under me APs 44:5those who rose up against me.
And I 1Or silenceddestroyed those who hated me.
42 “AIs 17:7, 8They looked, but there was none to save;
B1 Sam 28:6; Is 1:15Even to the Loʀᴅ, but He did not answer them.
43 “A2 Kin 13:7Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth;
BIs 10:6; Mic 7:10I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.
44 “A2 Sam 3:1; 19:9, 14You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;
B2 Sam 8:1-14You have kept me as head of the nations;
CIs 55:5A people whom I have not known serve me.
45 “APs 66:3; 81:15Foreigners pretend obedience to me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
46 “Foreigners 1Lit languishlose heart,
A1 Sam 14:11; Mic 7:17And 2Lit gird themselvescome trembling out of their 3Lit fastnessesfortresses.
47 “The Loʀᴅ lives, and blessed be my rock;
And exalted be 1Lit the God of the rockA2 Sam 22:3; Ps 89:26God, the rock of my salvation,
48 A1 Sam 24:12; 25:39; 2 Sam 4:8; Ps 94:1The God who executes vengeance for me,
BPs 144:2And brings down peoples under me,
49 Who also brings me out from my enemies;
You even lift me above APs 44:5those who rise up against me;
BPs 140:1, 4, 11You rescue me from the violent man.
50 “ARom 15:9Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Loʀᴅ, among the nations,
And I will sing praises to Your name.
And BPs 89:24shows lovingkindness to His anointed,
C2 Sam 7:12-16To David and his 2Lit seeddescendants forever.”
122:1 Lit palm
122:1 Lit palm
A22:2 1 Sam 23:25; 24:2; Ps 31:3; 71:3
122:2 Lit crag
122:3 Lit God of my rock
A22:3 Deut 32:4, 37; 1 Sam 2:2
122:5 Heb Belial
222:5 Or terrified
122:6 I.e. the nether world
122:7 Or called
122:9 Or in His wrath
A22:10 Ex 19:16; 1 Kin 8:12; Ps 97:2; Nah 1:3
122:11 Many mss read sped
122:12 Or pavilions
A22:15 Deut 32:23; Josh 10:10; 1 Sam 7:10
122:15 Lit confused
122:16 Or uncovered
A22:21 1 Sam 26:23; 1 Kin 8:32
A22:22 Gen 18:19; Ps 128:1; Prov 8:32
A22:23 Deut 6:6-9; Ps 119:30, 102
122:23 Lit it
A22:24 Gen 6:9; 7:1; Eph 1:4; Col 1:21, 22
122:24 Lit complete; or having integrity
122:26 Or loyal
122:26 Or loyal
222:26 Lit complete; or having integrity
222:26 Lit complete; or having integrity
B22:27 Lev 26:23, 24; Rom 1:28
122:27 Lit twisted
A22:28 Ex 3:7, 8; Ps 72:12, 13
A22:29 2 Sam 21:17; 1 Kin 11:36; Ps 27:1
122:30 Or crush a troop
122:31 Lit complete; or having integrity
B22:31 Ps 12:6; 119:140; Prov 30:5
A22:33 2 Sam 22:2; Ps 31:3, 4
122:33 Or sets free
222:33 Lit complete; or having integrity
322:33 Another reading is my
122:34 Another reading is His
122:36 Lit answering
122:37 Lit ankles
122:40 Lit caused to bow down
122:41 Or silenced
122:46 Lit languish
222:46 Lit gird themselves
322:46 Lit fastnesses
122:47 Lit the God of the rock
A22:48 1 Sam 24:12; 25:39; 2 Sam 4:8; Ps 94:1
122:51 I.e. victories; lit salvation
222:51 Lit seed