22:1  
    [kjv]  And 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:
    [bbe]  And David made a song to the Lord in these words, on the day when the Lord made him free from the hands of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul:
22:2  
    [kjv]  And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
    [bbe]  And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;
22:3
    [kjv]  The 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.
    [bbe]  My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.
22:4
    [kjv]  I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
    [bbe]  I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
22:5  
    [kjv]  When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
    [bbe]  For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;
22:6
    [kjv]  The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
    [bbe]  The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
22:7  
    [kjv]  In 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.
    [bbe]  In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came to his ears.
22:8
    [kjv]  Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
    [bbe]  Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
22:9  
    [kjv]  There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
    [bbe]  There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.
22:10  
    [kjv]  He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
    [bbe]  The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
22:11  
    [kjv]  And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
    [bbe]  And he went through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
22:12
    [kjv]  And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
    [bbe]  And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
22:13  
    [kjv]  Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
    [bbe]  Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.
22:14  
    [kjv]  The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
    [bbe]  The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out.
22:15  
    [kjv]  And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
    [bbe]  And he sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
22:16  
    [kjv]  And 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.
    [bbe]  Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.
22:17  
    [kjv]  He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
    [bbe]  He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
22:18
    [kjv]  He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
    [bbe]  He made me free from my strong hater, from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
22:19  
    [kjv]  They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
    [bbe]  They came on me in the day of my trouble: but the Lord was my support.
22:20  
    [kjv]  He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
    [bbe]  He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
22:21  
    [kjv]  The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
    [bbe]  The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
22:22  
    [kjv]  For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
    [bbe]  For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
22:23
    [kjv]  For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
    [bbe]  For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
22:24  
    [kjv]  I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
    [bbe]  And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
22:25  
    [kjv]  Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
    [bbe]  Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
22:26
    [kjv]  With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
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