Verse 31
2 Samuel 22:31
King James Version
31
As for God (Elohim), his way
is perfect; the word of the LORD
is tried: he
is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הָ/אֵ֖ל תָּמִ֣ים דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ אִמְרַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ צְרוּפָ֔ה מָגֵ֣ן ה֔וּא לְ/כֹ֖ל הַ/חֹסִ֥ים בּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
The Lord is perfect in all His ways; the word of the Lord is refined; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
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Chapter 22 Context
1
And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day
that the LORD had delivered him out...
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2
And he said, The LORD
is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
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3
The God (Elohim) of my rock; in him will I trust:
he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my...
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4
I will call on the LORD,
who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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5
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
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6
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
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7
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God (Elohim): and he did hear my voice out of...
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8
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
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9
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by...
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10
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness
was
under his feet.
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11
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
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12
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters,
and
thick clouds of the skies.
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13
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
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14
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
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15
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
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16
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking...
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17
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
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18
He delivered me from my strong enemy,
and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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19
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
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20
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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21
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he r...
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22
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God (Elohim).
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23
For all his judgments
were before me: and
as for
his statutes, I did not depart from them.
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24
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
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25
Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in h...
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26
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful,
and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself u...
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27
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
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28
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes
are
upon the haughty,
that thou mayest brin...
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29
For thou
art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
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30
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God (Elohim) have I leaped over a wall.
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31
As for God (Elohim), his way
is perfect; the word of the LORD
is tried: he
is a buckler to all them...
32
For who
is God (Elohim), save the LORD? and who
is a rock, save our God (Elohim)?
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33
God (Elohim)
is my strength
and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
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34
He maketh my feet like hinds
feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
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35
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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36
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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37
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
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38
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
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39
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my...
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40
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued unde...
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41
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
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42
They looked, but
there was none to save;
even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
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43
Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street,...
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44
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me
to be head of the hea...
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45
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
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46
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
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47
The LORD liveth; and blessed
be my rock; and exalted be the God (Elohim) of the rock of my salvation...
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48
It
is God (Elohim) that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
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49
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that ro...
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50
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy...
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51
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his...
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