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Apoteichisis

The Old Testament

2 Kingdoms 22

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΩΝ Β΄ · 22

Brenton 22:1

And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

Brenton 22:2

And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,

Brenton 22:3

my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: he is my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; thou shalt save me from the unjust man.

Brenton 22:4

I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.

Brenton 22:5

For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:

Brenton 22:6

the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.

Brenton 22:7

When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come into his ears.

Brenton 22:8

And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was wroth with them.

Brenton 22:9

There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.

Brenton 22:10

And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and there was darkness under his feet.

Brenton 22:11

And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.

Brenton 22:12

And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.

Brenton 22:13

At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.

Brenton 22:14

The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.

Brenton 22:15

And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.

Brenton 22:16

And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger.

Brenton 22:17

He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.

Brenton 22:18

He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.

Brenton 22:19

The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.

Brenton 22:20

And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.

Brenton 22:21

And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.

Brenton 22:22

Because I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.

Brenton 22:23

For all his judgments and his ordinances were before me: I departed not from them.

Brenton 22:24

And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. to him.
Brenton 22:25

And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.

Brenton 22:26

With the holy thou wilt be holy, and with the perfect man thou wilt be perfect,

Brenton 22:27

and with the excellent thou wilt be excellent, and with the froward thou wilt be froward.

Source notes (1)
  • Or, upon the haughty.
Brenton 22:28

And thou wilt save the poor people, and wilt bring down the eyes of the haughty.

Source notes (1)
  • Or, upon the haughty.
Brenton 22:29

For thou, Lord, art my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.

Brenton 22:30

For by thee shall I run as a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.

Source notes (1)
  • i. e. a strong man or warrior.
Brenton 22:31

As for the Mighty One, his way is blameless: the word of the Lord is strong and tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust in him.

Brenton 22:32

Who is strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?

Brenton 22:33

It is the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.

Brenton 22:34

He makes my feet like harts' feet, and sets me upon the high places.

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. making.
Brenton 22:35

He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.

Brenton 22:36

And thou hast given me the shield of my salvation, and thy propitious dealing has increased me,

Brenton 22:37

so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.

Brenton 22:38

I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.

Brenton 22:39

And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.

Source notes (1)
  • Alex. and Heb. consume.
Brenton 22:40

And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.

Brenton 22:41

And thou hast caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and thou hast slain them.

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. as for my enemies, thou hast given me the back.
Brenton 22:42

They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. is.
Brenton 22:43

And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.

Brenton 22:44

And thou shalt deliver me from the striving of the peoples, thou shalt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.

Source notes (1)
  • A. V. 'my people.'
Brenton 22:45

The strange children feigned obedience to me; they hearkened to me as soon as they heard.

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. at the hearing of the ear.
Brenton 22:46

The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding-places.

Brenton 22:47

The Lord lives, and blessed be my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. the keeper of my salvation.
Brenton 22:48

The Lord who avenges me is strong, chastening the nations under me,

Brenton 22:49

and bringing me out from my enemies: and thou shalt set me on high from among those that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver me from the violent man.

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. a man of wrongs.
Brenton 22:50

Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.

Brenton 22:51

He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. salvations.

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