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2 Samuel 22 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:1 - And David made a song to the Lord in these words, on the day when the Lord made him free from the hands of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul:
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2 - And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:4 - I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:5 - For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:7 - In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came to his ears.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:8 - Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9 - There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:10 - The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:11 - And he went through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:13 - Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:14 - The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:15 - And he sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16 - Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:17 - He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18 - He made me free from my strong hater, from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:19 - They came on me in the day of my trouble: but the Lord was my support.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:20 - He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21 - The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:22 - For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:23 - For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:24 - And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:25 - Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:26 - On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:27 - He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:28 - For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:30 - By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in: by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31 - As for God, his way is all good: the word of the Lord is tested; he is a safe cover for all those who put their faith in him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:32 - For who is God but the Lord? and who is a Rock but our God?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:33 - God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:34 - He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:35 - He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:36 - You have given me the breastplate of your salvation, and your mercy has made me great.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:37 - You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:38 - I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:39 - I have sent destruction on them and given them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:40 - For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who came out against me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41 - By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:42 - They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:43 - Then they were crushed as small as the dust of the earth, stamped down under my feet like the waste of the streets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44 - You have made me free from the fightings of my people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 - Men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority: from the time when my name comes to their ears, they will be ruled by me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 - They will be wasted away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:47 - The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured:
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:48 - It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:49 - He makes me free from my haters: I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:50 - Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:51 - Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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