Verse 11
2 Samuel 22:11
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
11
And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּרְכַּ֥ב עַל כְּר֖וּב וַ/יָּעֹ֑ף וַ/יֵּרָ֖א עַל כַּנְפֵי רֽוּחַ
English Translation
And he rode on a cherub and flew; he appeared on the wings of the wind.
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Chapter 22 Context
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And David spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him out o...
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And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.
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God (Elohim) is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lift...
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I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
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For the pangs of death have sur rounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.
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The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.
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In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God (Elohim): and he will hear my voi...
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The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he wa...
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A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.
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He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
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And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.
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He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.
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By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled.
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The Lord shall thunder from heaven: and the most high shall give forth his voice.
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He shot arrows and scattered them: lightning, and consumed them.
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And the overflowings of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at the reb...
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He sent from on high, and took me, and drew me out of many waters.
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He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for...
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He prevented me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my stay.
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And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him.
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The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will...
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Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God (Elohim).
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For all his judgments are in my sight: and his precepts I have not removed from me.
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And I shall be perfect with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
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And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands...
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With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.
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With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
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And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eyes thou wilt humble the haughty.
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For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.
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For in thee I will run girded: in my God (Elohim) I will leap over the wall.
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God (Elohim), his way is immaculate, the word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all...
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Who is God (Elohim) but the Lord: and who is strong but our God (Elohim)?
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God (Elohim) who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect.
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Making my feet like the feet of harts, and setting me upon my high places.
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He teacheth my bands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.
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Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.
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Thou shalt enlarge my steps under me: and my ankles shall not fail.
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I will pursue after my enemies, and crush them: and will not return again till I consume them.
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I will consume them and break them in pieces, so that they shall not rise: they shall fall under my...
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Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.
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My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.
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They shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.
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I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like...
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Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gent...
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The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.
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The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses.
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The Lord liveth, and my God (Elohim) is blessed: and the strong God (Elohim) of my salvation shall b...
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God (Elohim) who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me,
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Who bringest me forth from my enemies, and liftest me up from them that resist me: from the wicked m...
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Therefore will I give thanks to thee. O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.
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Giving great salvation to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for eve...
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