32“For who is God, but the Lord?
oAnd who is a rock, except our God?
33This God is my pstrong refuge
and has made my4 way blameless.5
34qHe made my feet like the feet of a deer
and set me secure ron the heights.
35sHe trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your gentleness made me great.
37tYou gave a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet6 did not slip;
38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,
and did not turn back until they were consumed.
39I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise;
they fell uunder my feet.
40For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
you made vthose who rise against me sink under me.
41You wmade my enemies turn their backs to me,7
those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
42They looked, but there was none to save;
they cried to the Lord, but xhe did not answer them.
43I beat them fine yas the dust of the earth;
I crushed them and stamped them down zlike the mire of the streets.
44“You delivered me from strife with my people;8
you kept me as the head of athe nations;
bpeople whom I had not known served me.
45Foreigners came cringing to me;
as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46Foreigners lost heart
and came trembling9 cout of their fortresses.
47“The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
and exalted be dmy God, ethe rock of my salvation,
48the God who gave me vengeance
and fbrought down peoples under me,
49who brought me out from my enemies;
you exalted me above vthose who rose against me;
you delivered me from gmen of violence.
50h“For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
and sing praises to your name.
51iGreat salvation he brings10 to his king,
and shows steadfast love to jhis anointed,
to David and his offspring kforever.”
Footnotes
- 4 22:33 Or his; also verse 34
- 5 22:33 Compare Psalm 18:32; Hebrew he has blamelessly set my way free, or he has made my way spring up blamelessly
- 6 22:37 Hebrew ankles
- 7 22:41 Or You gave me my enemies' necks
- 8 22:44 Septuagint with the peoples
- 9 22:46 Compare Psalm 18:45; Hebrew equipped themselves
- 10 22:51 Or He is a tower of salvation
“This God—His Way Is Perfect”
2 Samuel 22:32–51 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 42:28 • ID: 3552The Partial Kingdom: God’s King
Judges 1:1 – 2 Chronicles 36:23 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 44:21 • ID: 2389A Study in 1 and 2 Samuel, Volume 9
Epilogue 2 Samuel 21:1–24:25 Series • ID: 109019Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.