1Und David redete zu dem HERRN die Worte dieses Liedes, an dem Tag, als der HERR ihn aus der Hand aller seiner Feinde errettet hatte, auch aus der Hand Sauls. (2Mo 15,1; Ps 18,1; Ps 149,1; Jak 5,13)2Er sprach: Der HERR ist mein Fels, meine Burg und mein Retter; (2Sam 22,13; 2Sam 22,32; 2Sam 22,47; Ps 31,4; Ps 144,2; Joh 8,36)3Gott ist mein Fels, in dem ich mich berge, mein Schild und das Horn meines Heils, meine sichere Festung und meine Zuflucht, mein Retter, der mich von Gewalttat befreit! (1Mo 15,1; 2Mo 15,2; 2Sam 22,2; 2Sam 22,31; 2Sam 22,36; Ps 9,10; Ps 18,36; Ps 46,2; Ps 64,3; Ps 84,12; Jes 25,4; Joh 8,32; Gal 5,1)4Den HERRN, den Hochgelobten, rief ich an — und wurde von meinen Feinden errettet! (2Chr 20,22)5Denn die Wogen des Todes umfingen mich, die Ströme Belials schreckten mich; (Ps 18,5; Ps 42,8)6die Fesseln des Totenreiches umschlangen mich, es ereilten mich die Fallstricke des Todes. (Ps 107,18; Ps 116,3; Ps 140,6; Apg 2,24)7In meiner Bedrängnis rief ich den HERRN an und schrie zu meinem Gott; er hörte meine Stimme in seinem Tempel, mein Schreien drang zu seinen Ohren. (2Sam 22,42; Ps 31,15; Ps 107,6; Mi 1,2)8Da bebte und erzitterte die Erde; die Grundfesten des Himmels wurden erschüttert und bebten, weil er zornig war. (Ri 5,4; Hi 26,11; Ps 77,19; Nah 1,5)9Rauch stieg auf von seiner Nase und verzehrendes Feuer aus seinem Mund; Feuersglut sprühte daraus hervor. (2Mo 19,18; 2Mo 24,17; Ps 18,9)10Er neigte den Himmel und fuhr herab, und Dunkel war unter seinen Füßen. (5Mo 4,11; Ps 144,5; Jes 63,19)11Er fuhr auf dem Cherub und flog daher, er erschien auf den Flügeln des Windes. (1Mo 3,24; 2Mo 25,20; 2Mo 25,22; 5Mo 32,10; 2Sam 6,2; 2Kön 19,15; Ps 91,4; Ps 104,3; Hes 9,3)12Er machte Finsternis um sich her zu seinem Zelt, dunkle Wasser, dichte Wolken. (Ps 18,12; Ps 97,2; Ps 104,3)13Aus dem Glanz vor ihm brannte Feuersglut; (2Mo 24,17; 2Sam 22,9)14der HERR donnerte vom Himmel, der Höchste ließ seine Stimme erschallen. (1Sam 7,10; 1Sam 12,17; Hi 37,2; Ps 29,3)15Und er schoss Pfeile und zerstreute sie, [seinen] Blitz und schreckte sie. (Ps 18,15; Ps 77,18)16Da sah man die Gründe des Meeres, und die Grundfesten des Erdkreises wurden aufgedeckt von dem Schelten des HERRN, von dem Schnauben seines grimmigen Zorns! (2Mo 15,8; Nah 1,4)17Er streckte [seine Hand] aus von der Höhe und ergriff mich, er zog mich aus großen Wassern; (Ps 144,7; Jes 43,2; Kla 3,54)18er rettete mich von meinem mächtigen Feind, von meinen Hassern, die mir zu stark waren. (Ps 35,10; 1Joh 4,4)19Sie hatten mich überfallen zur Zeit meines Unglücks; aber der HERR wurde mir zur Stütze. (5Mo 25,18; 1Sam 30,6; Jes 41,10)20Er führte mich auch heraus in die Weite, er befreite mich, denn er hatte Wohlgefallen an mir. (1Mo 26,22; 2Sam 22,37; Hi 38,16; Ps 31,9; Ps 147,11)21Der HERR hat mir vergolten nach meiner Gerechtigkeit, nach der Reinheit meiner Hände hat er mich belohnt; (1Sam 26,23; Ps 24,4)22denn ich habe die Wege des HERRN bewahrt und bin nicht abgefallen von meinem Gott, (1Kön 9,4; Hi 23,10; Hebr 10,38)23sondern alle seine Verordnungen hatte ich vor Augen und seine Satzungen — ich bin nicht von ihnen gewichen, (5Mo 17,19; Jos 1,7; Ps 1,2; Ps 40,9; Lk 1,6)24und ich hielt es ganz mit ihm und hütete mich vor meiner Sünde. (1Mo 39,9; Ps 17,1; Ps 141,3)25Darum vergalt mir der HERR nach meiner Gerechtigkeit, nach meiner Reinheit vor seinen Augen. (2Sam 22,21; Jes 3,10)26Gegen den Gütigen erzeigst du dich gütig, gegen den Rechtschaffenen rechtschaffen, (Mt 5,7; Jak 2,13)27gegen den Reinen erzeigst du dich rein, aber dem Hinterlistigen trittst du entgegen! (Ps 18,27; Mt 5,8)28Denn du rettest das elende Volk, aber deine Augen sind gegen die Stolzen — du erniedrigst sie! (Jes 2,11; Mt 5,3; Jak 4,6; Jak 4,10; 1Petr 5,5)29Denn du, HERR, bist meine Leuchte; der HERR macht meine Finsternis licht; (Ps 27,1; Ps 112,4; Jes 50,10; Jes 60,1; Joh 8,12; Joh 9,5)30denn mit dir kann ich gegen Kriegsvolk anrennen, mit meinem Gott über die Mauer springen. (Ps 27,1; Röm 8,37; Phil 4,13)31Dieser Gott — sein Weg ist vollkommen! Das Wort des HERRN ist geläutert; er ist ein Schild allen, die ihm vertrauen. (5Mo 32,4; Ps 18,31; Ps 25,10; Ps 33,4; Ps 119,140; Spr 30,5; Jes 55,8; Offb 15,3)32Denn wer ist Gott außer dem HERRN, und wer ist ein Fels außer unserem Gott? (5Mo 32,39; 1Sam 2,2; 2Sam 22,2; Jes 44,6)33Gott ist es, der mich umgürtet mit Kraft und meinen Weg unsträflich macht. (2Sam 22,2; Ps 18,33; Ps 25,8; Ps 32,8)34Er macht meine Füße denen der Hirsche gleich und stellt mich auf meine Höhen; (2Sam 2,18; 2Sam 23,1; Ps 18,34)35er lehrt meine Hände kämpfen und meine Arme den ehernen Bogen spannen. (Ri 3,2; 2Sam 22,40; Ps 144,1)36Du gibst mir den Schild deines Heils, und deine Herablassung macht mich groß. (2Sam 7,9; Ps 18,36; Eph 6,16)37Du machst mir Raum zum Gehen, und meine Knöchel wanken nicht. (1Sam 2,9; 2Sam 22,20; Ps 121,3; Spr 4,12)38Ich jagte meinen Feinden nach und vertilgte sie und kehrte nicht um, bis sie aufgerieben waren; (1Sam 24,20; 2Sam 5,18; 2Sam 8,1)39ich rieb sie auf und zerschmetterte sie, Dass sie nicht mehr aufstehen konnten; sie fielen unter meine Füße. (Jos 10,24; Ps 21,9; Ps 44,6)40Du hast mich gegürtet mit Kraft zum Kampf, du hast unter mich gebeugt, die gegen mich aufstanden. (2Sam 22,35; Ps 20,9; Ps 29,11)41Du wandtest mir den Rücken meiner Feinde zu, ich habe vertilgt, die mich hassen. (3Mo 26,7; 5Mo 28,7)42Sie schrien, aber da war kein Retter; zum HERRN, aber er antwortete ihnen nicht. (1Sam 28,6; 2Sam 22,7; Hi 27,9; Mt 7,22; Lk 13,25)43Und ich zerrieb sie wie Erdenstaub, wie Straßenkot zertrat, zerstampfte ich sie. (2Kön 13,7; Jes 10,6; Mi 7,10)44Du hast mich gerettet aus den Streitigkeiten meines Volkes und bewahrtest mich auf zum Haupt der Heiden; ein Volk, das ich nicht kannte, dient mir; (2Sam 3,1; 2Sam 3,18; 2Sam 8,1; Jes 55,3)45die Söhne der Fremden schmeicheln mir, sie gehorchen mir aufs Wort. (5Mo 33,29; Hi 32,21; Ps 66,3; Spr 19,6)46Die Söhne der Fremden verzagen und kommen zitternd aus ihren Burgen. (Mi 7,16)47Der HERR lebt! Gepriesen sei mein Fels, und Gott, der Fels meines Heils, sei hoch erhoben! (5Mo 32,40; 2Sam 22,2; Ps 89,27; Ps 95,1; Ps 144,1; Joh 14,19)48Der Gott, der mir Rache verlieh und mir die Völker unterwarf, (5Mo 32,35; Ps 18,45)49der mich meinen Feinden entkommen ließ. Du hast mich erhöht über meine Widersacher, du hast mich errettet von dem Mann der Gewalttat! (2Sam 5,12; 2Sam 22,3; Ps 140,2)50Darum will ich dich, o HERR, loben unter den Heiden und deinem Namen lobsingen, (Neh 9,5; Ps 108,4; Ps 109,30)51dich, der seinem König große Siege verliehen hat und Gnade erweist seinem Gesalbten[1], David und seinem Samen bis in Ewigkeit. (2Sam 7,12; 2Sam 23,1; 2Sam 23,5; Ps 18,51; Ps 89,24)
2.Samuel 22
King James Version
1And 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: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 saviour; thou savest me from violence.4I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;7In 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.8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.11And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.13Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.14The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited 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 them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.19They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.20He brought me forth 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 hath he recompensed me.22For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.23For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.24I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.25Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.28And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.29For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.30For by thee 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 buckler to all them that 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 maketh my way perfect.34He maketh my feet like hinds'feet : and setteth me upon my high places.35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.39And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.42They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.43Then 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.44Thou 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.45Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.46Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.47The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.48It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,49And 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.50Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.51He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
1David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.2He said: ‘The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;3my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield[1] and the horn[2] of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my saviour – from violent people you save me.4‘I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies.5The waves of death swirled about me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.6The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.7‘In my distress I called to the Lord; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.8The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens[3] shook; they trembled because he was angry. (Ps 18,7)9Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.10He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.11He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared[4] on the wings of the wind. (Ps 18,10)12He made darkness his canopy around him – the dark[5] rain clouds of the sky. (Ps 18,11)13Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth.14The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.15He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.16The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of breath from his nostrils.17‘He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.18He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.19They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.20He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.21‘The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.22For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I am not guilty of turning from my God.23All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.24I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.25The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness[6] in his sight. (Ps 18,24)26‘To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,27to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.28You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.29You, Lord, are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light.30With your help I can advance against a troop[7]; with my God I can scale a wall.31‘As for God, his way is perfect: the Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.32For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?33It is God who arms me with strength[8] and keeps my way secure. (Ps 18,32)34He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.35He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.36You make your saving help my shield; your help has made[9] me great.37You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.38‘I pursued my enemies and crushed them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.39I crushed them completely, and they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.40You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.41You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.42They cried for help, but there was no-one to save them – to the Lord, but he did not answer.43I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.44‘You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,45foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.46They all lose heart; they come trembling[10] from their strongholds. (Ps 18,45)47‘The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Saviour!48He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under me,49who sets me free from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.50Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.51‘He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants for ever.’