The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my defend and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold and my refuge,
my savior; you save me from violence.
I name upon the LORD, who’s worthy to be praised,
and I’m saved from my enemies.
For the waves of dying encompassed me,
the torrents of perdition assailed me;
the cords of Sheol entangled me,
the snares of dying confronted me.
In my misery I referred to as upon the LORD;
to my God I referred to as.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry got here to his ears.
Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations of the heavens trembled
and quaked as a result of he was indignant.
Smoke went up from his nostrils,
and devouring fireplace from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.
He bowed the heavens, and got here down;
thick darkness was below his ft.
He rode on a cherub, and flew;
he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
He made darkness round him a cover,
thick clouds, a gathering of water.
Out of the brightness earlier than him
coals of fireplace flamed forth.
The LORD thundered from heaven;
the Most Excessive uttered his voice.
He despatched out arrows, and scattered them
—lightning, and routed them.
Then the channels of the ocean had been seen,
the foundations of the world had been laid naked
on the rebuke of the LORD,
on the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
He reached from on excessive, he took me,
he drew me out of mighty waters.
He delivered me from my sturdy enemy,
from those that hated me;
for they had been too mighty for me.
They came across me within the day of my calamity,
however the LORD was my keep.
He introduced me out right into a broad place;
he delivered me as a result of he delighted in me.
The LORD rewarded me based on my righteousness;
based on the cleanness of my palms he recompensed me.
For I’ve stored the methods of the LORD,
and haven’t wickedly departed from my God.
For all his ordinances had been earlier than me,
and from his statutes I didn’t flip apart.
I used to be innocent earlier than him,
and I stored myself from guilt.
Subsequently, the LORD has recompensed me based on my righteousness,
based on my cleanness in his sight.
Within the final prayer passage, David had handled the issue of Saul’s sin towards the Gibeonites. The narrator then tells us of how his military defeated the Philistines. David has lastly handled the most important points that stood as an impediment to the complete unification of Israel. Some had been inner crises, some had been exterior, however David, victorious as God promised, reigns supreme over a peaceable and secure Israel. So, the ultimate victory over the Philistines was the tip of an period and the start of a brand new age for the nation. Within the historical world, victories had been typically celebrated by the composition of a tune which thanked or praised a god for his or her or assist. Sometimes, these songs (that are prayers) had been collected into books. The ebook of Psalms is one such assortment (although it accommodates rather more than simply victory hymns).
This hymn is one such victory hymn, and was later included within the assortment of Psalms with minor modifications (see Psalm 18). Although its content material is normal sufficient to serve in a group, it’s also included right here in 2 Samuel as a result of it serves because the climax to the lengthy battle to unify Israel below King David. But it additionally exhibits David’s talent as a composer, and the phrases present, as soon as once more, how David relied on God and gave him the glory for all victories.
It is without doubt one of the longest prayers within the Bible (outdoors the Psalms). As such, we’ll examine it in two components. The primary half has David as the first topic; the second has God has the first topic. As a result of it’s a composed hymn, it’s poetry relatively than prose.
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