Verse 40
2 Samuel 22:40
Young's Literal Translation
40
And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תַּזְרֵ֥/נִי חַ֖יִל לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֑ה תַּכְרִ֥יעַ קָמַ֖/י תַּחְתֵּֽ/נִי
English Translation
And you have strengthened me, warrior, for battle; you shall defeat my enemies beneath me.
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Chapter 22 Context
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And David speaketh to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah hath delivered him out of th...
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and he saith: 'Jehovah [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
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My God (Elohim) [is] my rock -- I take refuge in Him; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My hi...
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The Praised One, I call Jehovah: And from mine enemies I am saved.
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When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
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The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.
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In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God (Elohim) I call, And He heareth from His temple my...
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And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for H...
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Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by i...
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And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
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And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And is seen on the wings of the wind.
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And He setteth darkness Round about Him -- tabernacles, Darkness of waters -- thick clouds of the sk...
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From the brightness before Him Were brands of fire kindled!
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Thunder from the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice.
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And He sendeth forth arrows, And scattereth them; Lightning, and troubleth them;
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And seen are the streams of the sea, Revealed are foundations of the world, By the rebuke of Jehovah...
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He sendeth from above -- He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.
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He delivereth me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I.
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They are before me in a day of my calamity, And Jehovah is my support,
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And He bringeth me out to a large place, He draweth me out for He delighted in me.
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Jehovah recompenseth me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He d...
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For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God (Elohim).
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For all His judgments [are] before me, As to His statutes, I turn not from them.
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And I am perfect before Him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.
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And Jehovah returneth to me, According to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eye...
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With the kind Thou shewest Thyself kind, With the perfect man Thou shewest Thyself perfect,
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With the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure, And with the perverse Thou shewest Thyself a wrestler.
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And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.
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For Thou [art] my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.
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For by Thee I run -- a troop, By my God (Elohim) I leap a wall.
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God (Elohim)! Perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield He [is] to all those tr...
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For who is God (Elohim) save Jehovah? And who a Rock save our God (Elohim)?
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God (Elohim) -- my bulwark, [my] strength, And He maketh perfect my way;
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Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand,
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Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,
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And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.
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Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.
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I pursue mine enemies and destroy them, And I turn not till they are consumed.
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And I consume them, and smite them, And they rise not, and fall under my feet.
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And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.
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And mine enemies -- Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me -- and I cut them off.
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They look, and there is no saviour; Unto Jehovah, and He hath not answered them.
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And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small -- I spread them out!
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And -- Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of my people, Thou placest me for a head of nations;...
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Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me.
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Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.
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Jehovah liveth, and blessed [is] my Rock, And exalted is my God (Elohim) -- The Rock of my salvation...
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God (Elohim) -- who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing down peoples under me,
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And bringing me forth from mine enemies, Yea, above my withstanders Thou raisest me up. From a man o...
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Therefore I confess Thee, O Jehovah, among nations. And to Thy name I sing praise.
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Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to h...
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