2 Samuel 22 — TOJB

22Verse 1And Dovid spoke unto Hashem the devarim of this shirah (song) in the day that Hashem had delivered him out of the palm of all his oyevim (enemies) and out of the palm of Sha'ul:^{Verse 2}And he said,
Hashem is my rock, and my matzadah,
and my deliverer;
^{Verse 3}The Elohei (G-d of) my Tzur;
in Him will I trust;
He is my mogen, and the keren of my Salvation, my stronghold, and my refuge, my Moshia;
Thou savest me from chamas.
^{Verse 4}I will call on Hashem, Who is worthy to be praised;
so shall I be saved from my oyevim.^{Verse 5}When the waves of mavet (death) compassed me,
the floods of scoundrels overwhelm me;
^{Verse 6}The chevlei Sheol (cords of Sheol) encompassed me;
the snares of mavet confronted me;
^{Verse 7}In my distress I called upon Hashem,
and cried to Elohai;
and He did hear my voice out of His Heikhal,
and my cry did enter into His oznayim.
^{Verse 8}Then ha'aretz shook and trembled;
the mosedot (foundations) of Shomayim moved and shook,
because He was in wrath.
^{Verse 9}There went up an ashan (smoke) out of His nostrils,
and eish out of His peh (mouth) devoured;
coals were kindled by it.
^{Verse 10}He bowed HaShomayim also, and came down;
and a dark cloud was under His raglayim.
^{Verse 11}And He rode upon a keruv, and did fly;
and He was seen upon the wings of the ruach.
^{Verse 12}And He made choshech sukkot round about Him,
dark mayim, and thick clouds of the skies.
^{Verse 13}Through the radiant brightness before Him
were coals of eish kindled.
^{Verse 14}Hashem thundered from Shomayim,
and Elyon uttered His voice.
^{Verse 15}He sent out khitzim, and scattered them;
lightning, and vanquished them.
^{Verse 16}And the channels of the yam appeared,
the mosedot (foundations) of the tevel (world) were uncovered,
at the rebuking of Hashem,
at the blast of the ruach of His nostrils.^{Verse 17}He sent from on High, He took me;
He drew me out of mayim rabbim;
^{Verse 18}He delivered me from my strong oyev, and from them that hated me;
for they were too strong for me.
^{Verse 19}They confronted me in the day of my calamity;
but Hashem was my support.
^{Verse 20}He brought me forth also into a large place;
He delivered me, because chafetz (He delighted) in me.
^{Verse 21}Hashem rewarded me according to my tzedakah;
according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
^{Verse 22}For I have been shomer over the drakhei Hashem,
and have not wickedly departed from Elohai.^{+
Verse 23}For all His mishpatim were before me;
as for His chukkot, I did not depart from them.
^{Verse 24}I was also tamim (blameless) before Him,
and have kept myself from mine avon (iniquity).
^{Verse 25}Therefore Hashem hath rewarded me according to my tzedakah;
according to my cleanness before His eyesight.^{Verse 26}With the chasid (loyal, the one having chesed, the devout one) Thou wilt show Thyself loyal,
and with the Gibbor tamim (blameless man) Thou wilt show Thyself blameless.
^{Verse 27}With the pure Thou wilt show Thyself pure;
and with the ikkesh (crooked, devious) Thou wilt show Thyself shrewd.
^{Verse 28}And the Am oni (afflicted people) Thou wilt save;
but Thine eyes are upon the haughty,
that Thou mayest bring them down.
^{Verse 29}For Thou art my ner (lamp), Hashem;
and Hashem will lighten my choshech.
^{Verse 30}For by Thee I have run through a troop;
by Elohai can I leap over a wall.
^{Verse 31}As for G-d, His derech is tamim;
the Word of Hashem is proven;
He is a mogen (shield) to all them that trust in Him.^{Verse 32}For who is G-d, save Hashem?
And who is Tzur, save Eloheinu?
^{Verse 33}G-d is my ma'oz and power;
and He maketh my derech perfect.
^{Verse 34}He maketh my feet like the feet of ayyalot (deer);
and maketh me stand upon my high places.
^{Verse 35}He teacheth my yadayim for milchamah;
so that a keshet nechoshah is bent by mine arms.
^{Verse 36}Thou hast also given me the mogen of Thy Salvation;
and hath stooped down to make me great.
^{Verse 37}Thou hast enlarged my stride under me;
so that my karsulayim do not slip.^{Verse 38}I have pursued mine oyevim, and destroyed them;
and turned not again until I had consumed them.
^{Verse 39}And I have consumed them, and wounded them,
that they could not arise;
indeed, they are fallen under my raglayim.^{Verse 40}For Thou hast girded me with chayil (strength) for milchamah (battle);
them that rose up against me hast Thou caused to bow down under me.
^{Verse 41}Thou hast also given me victory over the necks of mine oyevim,
that I might destroy them that hate me.
^{Verse 42}They looked, but there was no moshia;
even unto Hashem, but He answered them not.
^{Verse 43}Then did I beat them as small as the aphar of eretz,
I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did scatter them abroad.
^{Verse 44}Thou also hast delivered me from the contentions of my people,
Thou hast kept me to be Rosh of the Goyim;
a people which I knew not shall serve me.^{+
Verse 45}Foreigners shall submit themselves unto me;
as soon as they hear, they shall be mishma'at (obedient) unto me.
^{Verse 46}Strangers shall fade away,
and they shall be afraid out of their misgerot (strongholds).
^{Verse 47}Hashem liveth;
and baruch be my Tzur; and exalted be the Elohei Tzur of my Salvation.
^{Verse 48}It is G-d that avengeth me,
and that bringeth down the nations under me.
^{Verse 49}And that bringeth me forth from mine oyevim;
Thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me;
Thou hast delivered me from the ish chamasim.
^{Verse 50}Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, Hashem, among the Goyim,
and I will sing praises unto Shimecha (Thy Name).
^{Verse 51}He is the migdal Yeshu'ot for His melech;
and showeth chesed to His Moshiach,
unto Dovid, and to his zera ad-olam.