New American Standard Bible

2 Samuel 22:27-46 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

27. With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.

28. "And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.

29. "For You are my lamp, O Lord; And the Lord illumines my darkness.

30. "For by You I can run upon a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall.

31. "As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is tested; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

32. "For who is God, besides the Lord? And who is a rock, besides our God?

33. "God is my strong fortress; And He sets the blameless in His way.

34. "He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me on my high places.

35. "He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36. "You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your help makes me great.

37. "You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

38. "I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

39. "And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise; And they fell under my feet.

40. "For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

41. "You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me.

42. "They looked, but there was none to save; Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

43. "Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.

44. "You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.

45. "Foreigners pretend obedience to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.

46. "Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling out of their fortresses.