21 May - 2 Samuel 22-23 And Psalm 57

Jude Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:37 pm

My soul doth magnify my YAH, and my spirit hath rejoiced in EL my Saviour; For HE that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is HIS Name. Now unto HIM who is ever present in my helpless estate; who is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise EL our Saviour be honour and glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and for ever Halleluyah!

2 SAMUEL 22

1Then Dawiḏ spoke to יהוה the words of this song, on the day when יהוה had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Sha’ul.

2And he said, “יהוה is my rock and my stronghold and my deliverer.

3“My Elohim is my rock, I take refuge in Him, My shield and the horn of my deliverance, My high tower and my refuge. My Saviour, You save me from violence.

4“I call on יהוה, the One to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.

5“For the waves of death surrounded me, Floods of Beliya‛al made me afraid,

6“The cords of the grave were all around me; The snares of death were before me.

7“In my distress I called upon יהוה, And to my Elohim I cried. And from His Hĕḵal He heard my voice, And my cry was in His ears.

8“And the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of the heavens were troubled, Because He was wroth.

9“Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.

10“And He bowed the heavens and came down, And thick darkness was under His feet.

11“And He rode upon a keruḇ, and flew, And was seen upon the wings of the wind.

12“And He put darkness around Him as booths, Darkness of waters, thick clouds.

13“From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled.

14“יהוה thundered from the heavens, And the Most High sent forth His voice.

15“And He sent out arrows and scattered them, Lightning, and confused them.

16“And the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered At the rebuke of יהוה, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

17“He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.

18“He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I.

19“They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But יהוה was my support.

20“And He brought me out into a large place, He delivered me for He delighted in me.

21“יהוה rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He repaid me.

22“For I have guarded the ways of יהוה, And have not acted wrongly against my Elohim.

23“For all His right-rulings are before me; As for His laws, I do not turn from them.

24“And I am perfect before Him, And I guard myself from my crookedness.

25“And יהוה repays me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.

26“With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the perfect one You show Yourself perfect,

27“With the clean You show Yourself clean, And with the crooked You show Yourself twisted.

28“For You save the humble people, But Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

29“For You are my lamp, O יהוה, And יהוה makes my darkness light.

30“For with You I run against a band, With my Elohim I leap over a wall.

31“The Ěl – His way is perfect; The Word of יהוה is proven; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

32“For who is Ěl, besides יהוה? And who is a rock, besides our Elohim?

33“Ěl is my mighty stronghold, And He makes my way perfect,

34“Making my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places,

35“Teaching my hands for battle, So that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

36“And You give me the shield of Your deliverance, And Your lowliness makes me great.

37“You enlarge my step under me, So that my feet shall not slip.

38“I pursue my enemies and destroy them, And I do not turn back till they are destroyed.

39“And I destroy them and crush them, So that they do not rise, And fall under my feet.

40“And You gird me with strength for battle, You cause my adversaries to bow under me.

41“And You make my enemies turn their backs, Those hating me, and I cut them off.

42“They look but there is no saviour, Unto יהוה, but He shall not answer them.

43“And I beat them as dust of the earth, I beat them small as dirt in the streets – I spread them out.

44“And You deliver me from the strivings of my people, You safeguard me as the head of the nations; A people I have not known serve me.

45“Sons of the foreigner submit to me, As soon as they hear they obey me.

46“Sons of the foreigner fade away, And gird themselves from their strongholds.

47“יהוה lives! And blessed is my Rock! And exalted is my Elohim, The Rock of my deliverance,

48“Ěl who avenges me, And bringing peoples down under me,

49“And bringing me out from my enemies; You raise me up above those rising up against me; You deliver me from a man of violence.

50“Therefore I give thanks to You, O יהוה, among nations, And I sing praise to Your Name.

51“A tower of deliverance is He to His sovereign, And showing kindness to His anointed, To Dawiḏ and his seed, forever.”

2 SAMUEL 23

1And these are the last words of Dawiḏ, the saying of Dawiḏ son of Yishai, the saying of the man raised up on high, the anointed of the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ, and the sweet singer of Yisra’ĕl:

2“The Spirit of יהוה has spoken through me, And His word is on my tongue.

3“The Elohim of Yisra’ĕl said, The Rock of Yisra’ĕl spoke to me, ‘One who rules over man righteously,

4“Who rules in the fear of Elohim, Is like the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, Tender grass from the earth From sunshine, from rain.’

5“For is not my house so with Ěl? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all matters, and guarded. For all my deliverance and all desire, Shall He not make it send forth a Branch?

6“But the worthless are all as thorns thrust away, For they are not taken with hands,

7“But the man who touches them Uses iron or the shaft of a spear, And with fire they are burned up in their place.”

8These are the names of the mighty men whom Dawiḏ had: Yoshĕḇ-Bassheḇeth the Taḥkemonite, chief among the officers, he was Aḏino the Etsnite, for eight hundred slain at one time.

9And after him was El‛azar son of Doḏo, the Aḥoḥite, one of the three mighty men with Dawiḏ when they taunted the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Yisra’ĕl had gone up.

10He arose and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, but his hand clung to the sword, so יהוה brought about a great deliverance that day. And the people returned after him only to plunder.

11And after him was Shammah son of Ag̅ĕ the Hararite. And the Philistines had gathered into a company where there was a plot of ground covered with lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines.

12But he took his stand in the middle of the field, and delivered it, and smote the Philistines, and יהוה wrought a great deliverance.

13And three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest time and came to Dawiḏ at the cave of Aḏullam, while the army of Philistines encamped in the Valley of Repha’im.

14And Dawiḏ was then in the stronghold, while a watch-post of the Philistines was then in Bĕyth Leḥem.

15And Dawiḏ longed and said, “Oh that someone would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bĕyth Leḥem, which is by the gate!”

16And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bĕyth Leḥem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to Dawiḏ. But he would not drink it, but poured it out to יהוה.

17And he said, “Far be it from me, O יהוה, to do this – the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives!” So he would not drink it. This is what the three mighty men did.

18And Aḇishai the brother of Yo’aḇ, son of Tseruyah, was chief of another three. And he lifted his spear against three hundred men whom he slew, and had a name among these three.

19Was he not the most esteemed of three? And he became their commander, but he did not come to the first three.

20And Benayahu was the son of Yehoyaḏa, son of a brave man from Qaḇtse’ĕl, great in deeds. He smote two lion-like men of Mo’aḇ. And he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

21And he smote a Mitsrite, an impressive man. And the Mitsrite had a spear in his hand, so he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Mitsrite’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

22This is what Benayahu son of Yehoyaḏa did, and had a name among three mighty men.

23He was more esteemed than the thirty, but he did not come to the first three. And Dawiḏ set him over his guard.

24Asah’ĕl the brother of Yo’aḇ was one of the thirty; Elḥanan son of Doḏo of Bĕyth Leḥem,

25Shammah the Ḥaroḏite, Eliqa the Ḥaroḏite,

26Ḥelets the Paltite, Ira son of Iqqĕsh the Teqowite,

27Aḇi‛ezer the Anethothite, Meḇunnai the Ḥushathite,

28Tsalmon the Aḥoḥite, Maharai the Netophathite,

29Ḥĕleḇ son of Ba‛anah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Riḇai from Giḇ‛ah of the children of Binyamin,

30Benayahu the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the wadis of Ga‛ash,

31Aḇi-Alḇon the Arbathite, Azmaweth the Barḥumite,

32Elyaḥba the Sha‛albonite of the sons of Yashĕn, Yehonathan,

33Shammah the Hararite, Aḥyam son of Sharar the Hararite,

34Eliphelet son of Aḥasbai, son of the Ma‛aḵathite, Eliyam son of Aḥithophel the Gilonite,

35Ḥetsrai the Karmelite, Pa‛arai the Arbite,

36Yig̅’al son of Nathan of Tsoḇah, Bani the Gaḏite,

37Tseleq the Ammonite, Naḥarai the Be’ĕrothite, armour-bearer of Yo’aḇ son of Tseruyah,

38Ira the Yithrite, Garĕḇ the Yithrite,

39and Uriyah the Ḥittite – thirty-seven in all.

PSALM 57

1Show me favour, O Elohim, show me favour! For in You my being is taking refuge; And in the shadow of Your wings I take refuge, Until destruction passes by.

2I cry out to the Most High Elohim, To Ěl who is perfecting all matters for me.

3He sends from the heavens and saves me; He reproaches the one who would swallow me up. Selah. Elohim sends forth His kindness and His truth.

4My being is in the midst of lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.

5Be exalted, O Elohim, above the heavens; Let Your esteem be above all the earth.

6They have prepared a net for my footsteps; My being was bowed down; They have dug a pit before me; They fell into the midst of it! Selah.

7My heart is firm, O Elohim, My heart is firm; I sing and praise.

8Awake, my esteem! Awake, harp and lyre! I awake the dawn.

9I praise You among the peoples, O יהוה; I sing to You among the nations.

10For Your kindness is great up to the heavens, And Your truth unto the clouds.

11Be exalted above the heavens, O Elohim; Let Your esteem be above all the earth.