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2 Samuel 22:1-51 GNB ...When the LORD  ( ) saved David from Saul and his other enemies, David sang this song to the LORD  ( ) : (2) The LORD  ( ) is my protector; he is my strong fortress. (3) My God is my protection, and with him I am safe. He protects me like a shield; he defends me and keeps me safe. He is my savior; he protects me and saves me from violence. (4) I call to the LORD  ( ) , and he saves me from my enemies. Praise the LORD  ( ) ! (5) The waves of death were all around me; the waves of destruction rolled over me. (6) The danger of death was around me, and the grave set its trap for me. (7) In my trouble I called to the LORD  ( ) ; I called to my God for help. In his temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help. (8) Then the earth trembled and shook; the foundations of the sky rocked and quivered because God was angry! (9) Smoke poured out of his nostrils, a consuming flame and burning coals from his mouth. (10) He tore the sky open and came down, with a dark cloud under his feet. (11) He flew swiftly on his winged creature; he traveled on the wings of the wind. (12) He covered himself with darkness; thick clouds, full of water, surrounded him; (13) burning coals flamed up from the lightning before him. (14) Then the LORD  ( ) thundered from the sky, and the voice of Almighty God was heard. (15) He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; with flashes of lightning he sent them running. (16) The floor of the ocean was laid bare, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered when the LORD  ( ) rebuked his enemies and roared at them in anger. (17) The LORD  ( ) reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me out of the deep waters. (18) He rescued me from my powerful enemies and from all those who hate me--- they were too strong for me. (19) When I was in trouble, they attacked me, but the LORD  ( ) protected me. (20) He helped me out of danger; he saved me because he was pleased with me. (21) The LORD  ( ) rewards me because I do what is right; he blesses me because I am innocent. (22) I have obeyed the law of the LORD  ( ) ; I have not turned away from my God. (23) I have observed all his laws; I have not disobeyed his commands. (24) He knows that I am faultless, that I have kept myself from doing wrong. (25) And so he rewards me because I do what is right, because he knows that I am innocent. (26) O LORD  ( ) , you are faithful to those who are faithful to you, and completely good to those who are perfect. (27) You are pure to those who are pure, but hostile to those who are wicked. (28) You save those who are humble, but you humble those who are proud. (29) You, LORD  ( ) , are my light; you dispel my darkness. (30) You give me strength to attack my enemies and power to overcome their defenses. (31) This God---how perfect are his deeds, how dependable his words! He is like a shield for all who seek his protection. (32) The LORD  ( ) alone is God; God alone is our defense. (33) This God is my strong refuge; he makes my pathway safe. (34) He makes me sure-footed as a deer; he keeps me safe on the mountains. (35) He trains me for battle, so that I can use the strongest bow. (36) O LORD  ( ) , you protect me and save me; your help has made me great. (37) You have kept me from being captured, and I have never fallen. (38) I pursue my enemies and defeat them; I do not stop until I destroy them. (39) I strike them down, and they cannot rise; they lie defeated before me. (40) You give me strength for the battle and victory over my enemies. (41) You make my enemies run from me; I destroy those who hate me. (42) They look for help, but no one saves them; they call to the LORD  ( ) , but he does not answer. (43) I crush them, and they become like dust; I trample on them like mud in the streets. (44) You saved me from my rebellious people and maintained my rule over the nations; people I did not know have now become my subjects. (45) Foreigners bow before me; when they hear me, they obey. (46) They lose their courage and come trembling from their fortresses. (47) The LORD  ( ) lives! Praise my defender! Proclaim the greatness of the strong God who saves me! (48) He gives me victory over my enemies; he subdues the nations under me (49) and saves me from my foes. O LORD  ( ) , you give me victory over my enemies and protect me from violent men. (50) And so I praise you among the nations; I sing praises to you. (51) God gives great victories to his king; he shows constant love to the one he has chosen, to David and his descendants forever.

2 Samuel 22:1-51 ESV ...And David spoke to the LORD  ( ) the words of this song on the day when the LORD  ( ) delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. (2) He said, "The LORD  ( ) is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, (3) 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. (4) I call upon the LORD  ( ) , who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. (5) "For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me; (6) the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. (7) "In my distress I called upon the LORD  ( ) ; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears. (8) "Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry. (9) Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him. (10) He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet. (11) He rode on a cherub and flew; he was seen on the wings of the wind. (12) He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water. (13) Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth. (14) The LORD  ( ) thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. (15) And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and routed them. (16) Then the channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare, at the rebuke of the LORD  ( ) , at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. (17) "He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. (18) He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. (19) They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD  ( ) was my support. (20) He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me. (21) "The LORD  ( ) dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me. (22) For I have kept the ways of the LORD  ( ) and have not wickedly departed from my God. (23) For all his rules were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside. (24) I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt. (25) And the LORD  ( ) has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight. (26) "With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; (27) with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. (28) You save a humble people, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. (29) For you are my lamp, O LORD  ( ) , and my God lightens my darkness. (30) For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. (31) This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD  ( ) proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. (32) "For who is God, but the LORD  ( ) ? And who is a rock, except our God? (33) This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless. (34) He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. (35) He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. (36) You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your gentleness made me great. (37) You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip; (38) I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed. (39) I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet. (40) For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me. (41) You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them. (42) They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD  ( ) , but he did not answer them. (43) I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets. (44) "You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me. (45) Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me. (46) Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses. (47) "The LORD  ( ) lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation, (48) the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me, (49) who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from men of violence. (50) "For this I will praise you, O LORD  ( ) , among the nations, and sing praises to your name. (51) Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever."

2 Samuel 22:1-51 Darby ...And David spoke to Jehovah  ( ) the words of this song in the day that Jehovah  ( ) had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul. (2) And he said, Jehovah  ( ) is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; (3) God is my rock, in him will I trust--My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge, My saviour: thou wilt save me from violence. (4) I will call upon Jehovah  ( ) , who is to be praised; So shall I be saved from mine enemies. (5) For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid. (6) The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me; (7) In my distress I called upon Jehovah  ( ) , And I cried to my God; And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry came into his ears. (8) Then the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth. (9) There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals burned forth from it. (10) And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet. (11) And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; And he was seen upon the wings of the wind. (12) And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies. (13) From the brightness before him Burned forth coals of fire. (14) Jehovah  ( ) thundered from the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice. (15) And he sent arrows, and scattered mine enemies ; Lightning, and discomfited them. (16) And the beds of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered At the rebuke of Jehovah  ( ) , At the blast of the breath of his nostrils. (17) He reached forth from above, he took me, He drew me out of great waters; (18) He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; For they were mightier than I. (19) They encountered me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah  ( ) was my stay. (20) And he brought me forth into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me. (21) Jehovah  ( ) hath rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. (22) For I have kept the ways of Jehovah  ( ) , And have not wickedly departed from my God. (23) For all his ordinances were before me, And his statutes, I did not depart from them, (24) And I was upright before him, And kept myself from mine iniquity. (25) And Jehovah  ( ) hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his sight. (26) With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; With the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright; (27) With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; And with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary. (28) And the afflicted people thou dost save; And thine eyes are upon the haughty, whom thou bringest down. (29) For thou art my lamp, Jehovah  ( ) ; And Jehovah  ( ) enlighteneth my darkness. (30) For by thee I have run through a troop; By my God have I leaped over a wall. (31) As for *God, his way is perfect; The word of Jehovah  ( ) is tried: He is a shield to all that trust in him. (32) For who is *God, save Jehovah  ( ) ? And who is a rock, save our God? (33) *God is my strong fortress, And he maketh my way perfectly smooth. (34) He maketh my feet like hinds' feet , And setteth me upon my high places. (35) He teacheth my hands to war, And mine arms bend a bow of brass. (36) And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, And thy condescending gentleness hath made me great. (37) Thou enlargedst my steps under me; And mine ankles did not slip. (38) I pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them, And I turned not again till they were consumed. (39) And I have consumed them and have crushed them, and they rose not again; Yea, they fell under my feet. (40) And thou girdedst me with strength to battle: Thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me. (41) And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, And those that hated me I destroyed. (42) They looked, and there was none to save--Unto Jehovah  ( ) , and he answered them not. (43) And I did beat them small as the dust of the earth, I trod them as the mire of the streets; I stamped upon them. (44) And thou hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, Thou hast kept me to be head of the nations: A people I knew not doth serve me: (45) Strangers come cringing unto me: At the hearing of the ear, they obey me. (46) Strangers have faded away, And they come trembling forth from their close places. (47) Jehovah  ( ) liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God, the rock of my salvation, (48) The *God who hath avenged me, And hath brought the peoples under me. (49) He brought me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; From the man of violence hast thou delivered me. (50) Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah  ( ) , among the nations, And will sing psalms to thy name. (51) It is he who giveth great deliverances to his king, And sheweth loving-kindness to his anointed, To David, and to his seed for evermore.

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Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible

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Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

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