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<h3><strong>In God’s strength alone</strong>– 2 Samuel 22:30<span style="color:#4f0808;"> <em>“For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.”</em></span></h3>
<h1 class="passage-display"><span class="passage-display-bcv" style="color:#808080;">2 Samuel 22</span></h1>
<h3><span id="en-NRSVCE-8604" class="text 2Sam-22-1">David’s Song of Thanksgiving</span></h3>
<p class="chapter-2"><span class="text 2Sam-22-1"><span class="chapternum">22 </span>David spoke to the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> the words of this song on the day when the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. </span> <span id="en-NRSVCE-8605" class="text 2Sam-22-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>He said:</span></p>
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<p class="line"><span class="text 2Sam-22-2">The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8606" class="text 2Sam-22-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,</span></span><br />
<span class="text 2Sam-22-3">my shield and the horn of my salvation,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-3">my stronghold and my refuge,</span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-3">my savior; you save me from violence.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8607" class="text 2Sam-22-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>I call upon the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, who is worthy to be praised,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-4">and I am saved from my enemies.</span></span></p>
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<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8608" class="text 2Sam-22-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>For the waves of death encompassed me,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-5">the torrents of perdition assailed me;</span></span></p>
<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8609" class="text 2Sam-22-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>the cords of Sheol entangled me,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-6">the snares of death confronted me.</span></span></p>
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<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8610" class="text 2Sam-22-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>In my distress I called upon the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-7">to my God I called.</span></span><br />
<span class="text 2Sam-22-7">From his temple he heard my voice,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-7">and my cry came to his ears.</span></span></p>
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<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8611" class="text 2Sam-22-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>Then the earth reeled and rocked;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-8">the foundations of the heavens trembled</span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-8">and quaked, because he was angry.</span></span></p>
<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8612" class="text 2Sam-22-9"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>Smoke went up from his nostrils,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-9">and devouring fire from his mouth;</span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-9">glowing coals flamed forth from him.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8613" class="text 2Sam-22-10"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>He bowed the heavens, and came down;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-10">thick darkness was under his feet.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8614" class="text 2Sam-22-11"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>He rode on a cherub, and flew;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-11">he was seen upon the wings of the wind.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8615" class="text 2Sam-22-12"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>He made darkness around him a canopy,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-12">thick clouds, a gathering of water.</span></span></p>
<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8616" class="text 2Sam-22-13"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>Out of the brightness before him</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-13">coals of fire flamed forth.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8617" class="text 2Sam-22-14"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> thundered from heaven;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-14">the Most High uttered his voice.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8618" class="text 2Sam-22-15"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>He sent out arrows, and scattered them</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-15">—lightning, and routed them.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8619" class="text 2Sam-22-16"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>Then the channels of the sea were seen,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-16">the foundations of the world were laid bare</span></span><br />
<span class="text 2Sam-22-16">at the rebuke of the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-16">at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.</span></span></p>
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<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8620" class="text 2Sam-22-17"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>He reached from on high, he took me,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-17">he drew me out of mighty waters.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8621" class="text 2Sam-22-18"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>He delivered me from my strong enemy,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-18">from those who hated me;</span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-18">for they were too mighty for me.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8622" class="text 2Sam-22-19"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>They came upon me in the day of my calamity,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-19">but the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> was my stay.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8623" class="text 2Sam-22-20"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>He brought me out into a broad place;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-20">he delivered me, because he delighted in me.</span></span></p>
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<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8624" class="text 2Sam-22-21"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> rewarded me according to my righteousness;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-21">according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.</span></span></p>
<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8625" class="text 2Sam-22-22"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>For I have kept the ways of the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-22">and have not wickedly departed from my God.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8626" class="text 2Sam-22-23"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>For all his ordinances were before me,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-23">and from his statutes I did not turn aside.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8627" class="text 2Sam-22-24"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>I was blameless before him,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-24">and I kept myself from guilt.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8628" class="text 2Sam-22-25"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>Therefore the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> has recompensed me according to my righteousness,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-25">according to my cleanness in his sight.</span></span></p>
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<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8629" class="text 2Sam-22-26"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>With the loyal you show yourself loyal;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-26">with the blameless you show yourself blameless;</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8630" class="text 2Sam-22-27"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>with the pure you show yourself pure,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-27">and with the crooked you show yourself perverse.</span></span></p>
<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8631" class="text 2Sam-22-28"><sup class="versenum">28 </sup>You deliver a humble people,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-28">but your eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8632" class="text 2Sam-22-29"><sup class="versenum">29 </sup>Indeed, you are my lamp, O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-29">the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> lightens my darkness.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8633" class="text 2Sam-22-30"><sup class="versenum">30 </sup>By you I can crush a troop,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-30">and by my God I can leap over a wall.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8634" class="text 2Sam-22-31"><sup class="versenum">31 </sup>This God—his way is perfect;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-31">the promise of the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> proves true;</span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-31">he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.</span></span></p>
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<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8635" class="text 2Sam-22-32"><sup class="versenum">32 </sup>For who is God, but the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>?</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-32">And who is a rock, except our God?</span></span></p>
<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8636" class="text 2Sam-22-33"><sup class="versenum">33 </sup>The God who has girded me with strength<sup class="footnote">[<a title="See footnote a" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2022&;version=NRSVCE#fen-NRSVCE-8636a">a</a>]</sup></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-33">has opened wide my path.<sup class="footnote">[<a title="See footnote b" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2022&;version=NRSVCE#fen-NRSVCE-8636b">b</a>]</sup></span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8637" class="text 2Sam-22-34"><sup class="versenum">34 </sup>He made my<sup class="footnote">[<a title="See footnote c" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2022&;version=NRSVCE#fen-NRSVCE-8637c">c</a>]</sup> feet like the feet of deer,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-34">and set me secure on the heights.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8638" class="text 2Sam-22-35"><sup class="versenum">35 </sup>He trains my hands for war,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-35">so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8639" class="text 2Sam-22-36"><sup class="versenum">36 </sup>You have given me the shield of your salvation,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-36">and your help<sup class="footnote">[<a title="See footnote d" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2022&;version=NRSVCE#fen-NRSVCE-8639d">d</a>]</sup> has made me great.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8640" class="text 2Sam-22-37"><sup class="versenum">37 </sup>You have made me stride freely,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-37">and my feet do not slip;</span></span></p>
<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8641" class="text 2Sam-22-38"><sup class="versenum">38 </sup>I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-38">and did not turn back until they were consumed.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8642" class="text 2Sam-22-39"><sup class="versenum">39 </sup>I consumed them; I struck them down, so that they did not rise;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-39">they fell under my feet.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8643" class="text 2Sam-22-40"><sup class="versenum">40 </sup>For you girded me with strength for the battle;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-40">you made my assailants sink under me.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8644" class="text 2Sam-22-41"><sup class="versenum">41 </sup>You made my enemies turn their backs to me,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-41">those who hated me, and I destroyed them.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8645" class="text 2Sam-22-42"><sup class="versenum">42 </sup>They looked, but there was no one to save them;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-42">they cried to the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, but he did not answer them.</span></span></p>
<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8646" class="text 2Sam-22-43"><sup class="versenum">43 </sup>I beat them fine like the dust of the earth,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-43">I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.</span></span></p>
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<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8647" class="text 2Sam-22-44"><sup class="versenum">44 </sup>You delivered me from strife with the peoples;<sup class="footnote">[<a title="See footnote e" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2022&;version=NRSVCE#fen-NRSVCE-8647e">e</a>]</sup></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-44">you kept me as the head of the nations;</span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-44">people whom I had not known served me.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8648" class="text 2Sam-22-45"><sup class="versenum">45 </sup>Foreigners came cringing to me;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-45">as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8649" class="text 2Sam-22-46"><sup class="versenum">46 </sup>Foreigners lost heart,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-46">and came trembling out of their strongholds.</span></span></p>
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<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8650" class="text 2Sam-22-47"><sup class="versenum">47 </sup>The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> lives! Blessed be my rock,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-47">and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8651" class="text 2Sam-22-48"><sup class="versenum">48 </sup>the God who gave me vengeance</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-48">and brought down peoples under me,</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8652" class="text 2Sam-22-49"><sup class="versenum">49 </sup>who brought me out from my enemies;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-49">you exalted me above my adversaries,</span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-49">you delivered me from the violent.</span></span></p>
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<p class="line"><span id="en-NRSVCE-8653" class="text 2Sam-22-50"><sup class="versenum">50 </sup>For this I will extol you, O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, among the nations,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-50">and sing praises to your name.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-8654" class="text 2Sam-22-51"><sup class="versenum">51 </sup>He is a tower of salvation for his king,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-51">and shows steadfast love to his anointed,</span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 2Sam-22-51">to David and his descendants forever.</span></span></p>
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