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2 Samuel 22:1-15 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

1. And David spoke to the Lord the words of this verse, in the day that the Lord freed him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

2. And he said: "The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.

3. I will hope in him. God is my strong one, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. He lifts me up, and he is my refreshment. You, O my Savior, will free me from iniquity.

4. I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies.

5. For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me.

6. The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me.

7. In my tribulation, I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry out to my God. And he will heed my voice from his temple, and my outcry will reach his ears.

8. The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them.

9. Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.

10. He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.

11. And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid upon the wings of the wind.

12. He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.

13. By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled.

14. The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice.

15. He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.

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