New English Translation

2 Samuel 22:36-46 New English Translation (NET)

36. You give me your protective shield;your willingness to help enables me to prevail.

37. You widen my path; my feet do not slip.

38. I chase my enemies and destroy them;I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

39. I wipe them out and beat them to death;they cannot get up;they fall at my feet.

40. You give me strength for battle;you make my foes kneel before me.

41. You make my enemies retreat;I destroy those who hate me.

42. They cry out, but there is no one to help them;they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them.

43. I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground;I crush them and stomp on them like clay in the streets.

44. You rescue me from a hostile army;you preserve me as a leader of nations;people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

45. Foreigners are powerless before me;when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me.

46. Foreigners lose their courage;they shake with fear as they leave their strongholds.