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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:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2 - And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;

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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.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:5 - For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:10 - The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:11 - And he went through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:13 - Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:14 - The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:15 - And he sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:17 - He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:19 - They came on me in the day of my trouble: but the Lord was my support.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:20 - He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21 - The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:23 - For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:24 - And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:26 - On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

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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.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.

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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.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:32 - For who is God but the Lord? and who is a Rock but our God?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:33 - God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:34 - He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:35 - He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:36 - You have given me the breastplate of your salvation, and your mercy has made me great.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:37 - You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:38 - I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

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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.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41 - By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 - They will be wasted away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:47 - The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:48 - It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

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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.

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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.

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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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