2 Samuel 22
- 1And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
- 2And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
- 3The God of my rock, in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence.
- 4I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so I shall be saved from my enemies.
- 5When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of godless men made me afraid.
- 6The sorrows of hell surrounded me, the snares of death went before me.
- 7In my distress I called on the Lord, and cried to my God: and he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
- 8Then the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was angry.
- 9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: burning coals blazed out from it.
- 10He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Darkness was under his feet.
- 11And he rode on a cherub, and flew: and he was seen on the wings of the wind.
- 12And he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
- 13Through the brightness before him coals of fire blazed.
- 14The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High raised his voice.
- 15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them, lightning, and defeated them.
- 16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
- 17He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
- 18He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me. For they were too strong for me.
- 19They went before me in the day of my disaster: but the Lord was my stay.
- 20He brought me out also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- 21The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he repaid me.
- 22For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly turned away from my God.
- 23For all his judgments were before me: and as for his laws, I did not turn away from them.
- 24I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my wrongdoing.
- 25Therefore the Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
- 26With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright.
- 27With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the stubborn you will show yourself shrewd.
- 28And the suffering people you will save: but your eyes are on the proud, that you may bring them down.
- 29For you are my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
- 30For by you I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
- 31As for God, his way is perfect. The word of the Lord is tried: he is a shield to all those who trust in him.
- 32For who is God, save the Lord? And who is a rock, save our God?
- 33God is my strength and power: and he makes my way perfect.
- 34He makes my feet like a doe's feet: and sets me on my high places.
- 35He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
- 36You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your gentleness has made me great.
- 37You have enlarged my steps under me. So that my feet did not slip.
- 38I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them. I did not turn back until I had consumed them.
- 39And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yes, they have fallen under my feet.
- 40For you have armed me with strength to battle: those who rose up against me have you subdued under me.
- 41You have also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy those who hate me.
- 42They looked, but there was none to save. Even to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
- 43Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them as the mud of the street, and spread them abroad.
- 44You also have delivered me from the struggles of my people, you have kept me to be head of the nations: a people which I did not know shall serve me.
- 45Foreigners shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me.
- 46Foreigners shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
- 47The Lord lives. Blessed be my rock. Lifted up be the God of the rock of my salvation.
- 48It is God that avenges me, and that brings down the people under me.
- 49And that brings me out from my enemies: you also have lifted me up on high above those who rose up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man.
- 50Therefore I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing praises to your name.
- 51He is the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his descendants forever.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 2 Samuel 22 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
GIGAKJVAnd David spoke to the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
KJVAnd he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
GIGAKJVAnd he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
KJVThe God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
GIGAKJVThe God of my rock, in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence.
KJVI will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
GIGAKJVI will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so I shall be saved from my enemies.
KJVWhen the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
GIGAKJVWhen the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of godless men made me afraid.
KJVThe sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
GIGAKJVThe sorrows of hell surrounded me, the snares of death went before me.
KJVIn my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
GIGAKJVIn my distress I called on the Lord, and cried to my God: and he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
KJVThen the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
GIGAKJVThen the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was angry.
KJVThere went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
GIGAKJVThere went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: burning coals blazed out from it.
KJVHe bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
GIGAKJVHe bowed the heavens also, and came down. Darkness was under his feet.
KJVAnd he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
GIGAKJVAnd he rode on a cherub, and flew: and he was seen on the wings of the wind.
KJVAnd he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
GIGAKJVAnd he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
KJVThrough the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
GIGAKJVThrough the brightness before him coals of fire blazed.
KJVThe Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
GIGAKJVThe Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High raised his voice.
KJVAnd he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
GIGAKJVAnd he sent out arrows, and scattered them, lightning, and defeated them.
KJVHe sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
GIGAKJVHe sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
KJVHe delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
GIGAKJVHe delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me. For they were too strong for me.
KJVThey prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
GIGAKJVThey went before me in the day of my disaster: but the Lord was my stay.
KJVHe brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
GIGAKJVHe brought me out also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
KJVThe Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
GIGAKJVThe Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he repaid me.
KJVFor I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
GIGAKJVFor I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly turned away from my God.
KJVFor all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
GIGAKJVFor all his judgments were before me: and as for his laws, I did not turn away from them.
KJVI was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
GIGAKJVI was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my wrongdoing.
KJVTherefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
GIGAKJVTherefore the Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
KJVWith the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
GIGAKJVWith the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright.
KJVWith the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
GIGAKJVWith the pure you will show yourself pure. With the stubborn you will show yourself shrewd.
KJVAnd the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
GIGAKJVAnd the suffering people you will save: but your eyes are on the proud, that you may bring them down.
KJVFor thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
GIGAKJVFor you are my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
KJVFor by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
GIGAKJVFor by you I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
KJVAs for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
GIGAKJVAs for God, his way is perfect. The word of the Lord is tried: he is a shield to all those who trust in him.
KJVFor who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?
GIGAKJVFor who is God, save the Lord? And who is a rock, save our God?
KJVGod is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
GIGAKJVGod is my strength and power: and he makes my way perfect.
KJVHe maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
GIGAKJVHe makes my feet like a doe's feet: and sets me on my high places.
KJVHe teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
GIGAKJVHe teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
KJVThou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
GIGAKJVYou have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your gentleness has made me great.
KJVThou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
GIGAKJVYou have enlarged my steps under me. So that my feet did not slip.
KJVI have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
GIGAKJVI have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them. I did not turn back until I had consumed them.
KJVAnd I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
GIGAKJVAnd I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yes, they have fallen under my feet.
KJVFor thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
GIGAKJVFor you have armed me with strength to battle: those who rose up against me have you subdued under me.
KJVThou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
GIGAKJVYou have also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy those who hate me.
KJVThey looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
GIGAKJVThey looked, but there was none to save. Even to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
KJVThen did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
GIGAKJVThen I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them as the mud of the street, and spread them abroad.
KJVThou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
GIGAKJVYou also have delivered me from the struggles of my people, you have kept me to be head of the nations: a people which I did not know shall serve me.
KJVStrangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
GIGAKJVForeigners shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me.
KJVStrangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
GIGAKJVForeigners shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
KJVThe Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
GIGAKJVThe Lord lives. Blessed be my rock. Lifted up be the God of the rock of my salvation.
KJVIt is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me.
GIGAKJVIt is God that avenges me, and that brings down the people under me.
KJVAnd that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
GIGAKJVAnd that brings me out from my enemies: you also have lifted me up on high above those who rose up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man.
KJVTherefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
GIGAKJVTherefore I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing praises to your name.
KJVHe is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
GIGAKJVHe is the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his descendants forever.
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